American passenger steamship Excalibur visited Lisbon, Portugal in November 1940

In his letter dated Lisbon dated 16 November 1940 No. 930 to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine wrote the German Marineattaché Portugal that according to the newspapers Seculo, Diario de lisboa and Diario de Noticias, Lisbon dated 11-13 November 1940 the American passenger steamship Excalibur arrived with 50 passengers on board and in the meantime left for New York, USA with 180 passengers. It was expected that in November 2.500 refugees from Lisbon were travelling to New York. Probably would the American shipping companies use another 2 larger passenger ships to transport the refugees.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché Portugal. RM 11-16