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Monday, 3 November 2025

British steam tanker Pegasus visited the Black Sea according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 12 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 12 February 1940 No. 729 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the neutral ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for or chartered by the enemy. An item reported the British steam tanker Pegasus on 8 February 1940 loaded with 4,450 ton petroleum and gasoline underway from Constanta, Romania towards Malta. 3 Masts. Over all dark grey painted.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.

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