Owner Turkish ship Mete asked to much to be chartered by the French according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 27 January 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 27 January 1940 No. 690g. 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 Turkish ship Mete, registered in Lloyds. Owner Kalkavanoglu Mehmet Riza ve Mahd, Galata. Tried at the moment to get a charter from the French but demanded to much.

Source

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