German blockade runner Portland 1941-1942

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. Diesel propulsion? Portland. Loaded with a Germany-cargo. Left Bordeaux, France on 22 October 1941 and arrived in Japan on 1 January 1942 and again in hands of German navy.

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Bundesarchiv RM 7/223