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Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Yugoslavian cargo ship Niko Matkowic bound for Libya in 1940 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 Yugoslavian cargo ship Niko Matkowic on 3 February 1940 with a full load boards from Constanta, Romania for Tripoli, Libya.

Source

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

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