Romanian motor ship Basarabia bound for Egypt, Greece and Palestina according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 17 February 1940 No. 801 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 on 23 February the Romanian motor ship Basarabia of the Romanian Sea service (S.M.R.) loaded with 100 ton salted fish, seeds and general cargo underway from Constanta, Romania towards Piraeus, Greece, Haifa, Palestina and Alexandria, Egypt.

Source

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