An item reported that the 3,829 ss ton cargo ship ss Eskdene loaded with timber was torpedoed after she lost contact with her Norwegian convoy east of Montrose on 2 December 1939. Contact was lost due to bad weather or she possible strike a mine. Her crew abandoned the ship and rescued after a stay of 13 hours in their lifeboats by the Norwegian merchant ship ss Hild about 50 miles south east of where she was torpedoed. The Eskdene however kept floating and was traced on 6 December. There was a hope that tugs could salvage her and tow her to the Tyne.
Note
1. British cargo ship torpedoed in the North Sea by the German submarine U-56 on 2 December, abandoned and after drifting picked up by tugs and beached on the Herd Sands on 8 December, afterwards salvaged and repaired. Part of Convoy HN3.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-4-1 Weekly Résumé (No. 14) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon 30 November to 12 noon 7 December 1939.
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