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Monday, 2 March 2026

German blockade runner Gedania in 1940

In a letter dated 13 April 1942 No. 1329 to the O.K.M./1 Abteilung Skl. was the so-called ‘Etappen’-organisation of the navy described. In the attachment were the blockade runners decribed used for this purpose. Motor tanker Gedania. Loaded with about 9,000 whale oil. Departed Las Palmas, Canary Islands on 14 October 1940. Arrived at St. Nazaire, France on 2 November 1940. Returned in Germany on 1 December 1940, seized by OKW/Ausl. IV-Kriegsmarine and handed over to A III.

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Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

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