Romanian ship Ardeal loaded with war stores bound for Romania according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 3 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 3 February 1940 No. 712 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 Romanian ship Ardeal on 1 February with 35 trucks, 6 aircraft, 400 ton machine guns with spare parts and accesories, 1,500 ton aircraft bombs and artillery ammunition underway from Marseille, France towards Constanta, Romania.

Source

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