German blockade runner Germania in 1940-1942

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 Germania. Loaded with about 6,000 ton petrol. Left Ponta Delgada, Azores in the night of 17/18 November 1940. Arrived at Las Palmas on 28 November 1940. Transfer for fuel and unloaidng petrol. Loaded with petrol. Left Las Palmas, Canary Islands on 26 May 1940. Arrived at Tenerife on 27 May 1940, Transfer for unloading petrol at Cepsa. Left Teneriffe unloaded on 4 March 1942 towards Germany

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Bundesarchiv RM 7/223