German blockade runner ms Rio Grande in 1941-1942

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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 Rio Grande. Loaded with a Germany-cargo. Left Bordeaux, France on 21 September 1941. Arrived at Osaka, Japan on 6 December 1941 and at Kobe, Japan on 9 January 1942. On 6 December 1941 again in hands of the German navy. Left Kobe, Japan on 31 January 1942.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223