Rollins pp. 98-99; but the liner's hold cargo of munitions and dockyard equipment was at least partially intended for Japan and thus legitimate contraband; see Rollins, n. 37, p. 108. Stezhko quotes contemporary Russian sources which claimed that guns included in her cargo, which the British insisted were for their own military, were later mounted on the Japanese cruiser Iwate.[2]
Rollins, p. 91, indicate that Smolensk was withdrawn from this mission before departing; but the Retroflot website states that the ship sailed on this mission as far as Djibouti and gives precise dates for arrival there and return to base.[1]
