Reports concerning insurgent ports
1937-05-04 023_0018_004 NOTE : This steamer was chartered by representatives of the constitutional Government for a journey from Gdynia to a Spanish port. After having allegedly loaded a cargo of 13,200 cases of munitions at Lübeck, she sailed for Gydnia to bunker, whence she sailed on 5...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English |
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04 May 1937
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| Summary: | 1937-05-04
023_0018_004
NOTE : This steamer was chartered by representatives of the constitutional Government for a journey from Gdynia to a Spanish port. After having allegedly loaded a cargo of 13,200 cases of munitions at Lübeck, she sailed for Gydnia to bunker, whence she sailed on 5 February. On 15 February she was held up by the rebels in full sea in the Bay of Biscay and taken to Ferrol. A part of the cargo, 1,000 cases, actually contained munitions and was unloaded, while the remaining 12,000 cases or so were found to contain bricks. At the orders of a German in Ferrol, who knew of the contents of the cargo, the ship on 20 February sailed for Hamburg, where the supercargo and the radiotelegraphist, who had been engaged by us, were arrested by the Gestapo (secret police) and not released until four weeks later. The supercargo was a Belgian and the radiotelegraphist a Dutchman. [Miss T. All. Note: sent to F.O. 24 May 1937]
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