Romanian steamship Alba Julia returned from France according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 2 March 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 2 March 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 26 February the Romanian steamship Alba Julia of the Romanian Sea service (S.M.R.). arriving coming from Marseille, France. Underway she was stopped by the British and brought to Malta where she was kept for 8 days. Unknown if shere was there unloaded.

Source

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