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. Ms Elsa Essberger. Loaded with 4,059 ton rubber. Left Sasebo, Japan on 14 October 1941, arrived at Ferrol, Spain on 10 Jnayary 1942. After a British air attack Spanish emergency harbour entered. Loaded with 3,200 ton rubber. Left Ferrol on 8 March 1942. Arrived at Bordeaux, France on 10 March 1942. At Ferrol was 800 ton acrgo unloaded.
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Bundesarchiv RM 7/223
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