The SS Eskdene was a British steamship ship and 3,829 BRT merchant ship, launched in October 1934 at Bartram & Shipyard Shipyard. Sons Ltd., South-Dock, Sunderland. She was owned by the shipping company Dene Shipping Co. Ltd. in London, where the freighter also had its home. Her route was from Hull, Methil, Oban and Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was loaded with 5,177 tons of coal and pieceware when she crossed on April 8, 1941. History
On 2 December 1939, the SS Eskdene was hit by the captain E.J. Niblett from the convoy HN-3 and hit the course due to a heavy storm. At about 23.25 you were hit by a torpedo of the U-56 under the command of Wilhelm Zahn, about 70 nautical miles north of the Tyne in 56 ° 30 'north and 01 ° 40' west. However, the Eskdene continued to float with a heavy freight wood for Archangelsk, Russia. The 29 crew members left the ship and were picked up by the Norwegian steamship ship Hild. The escort hunters HMS Icarus and HMS Ilex searched the area around the still-floating SS Eskdene, looking for the U-56. However, they did not find the U-boat but on December 4th they were noticed by an allied plane. At sunrise on December 7, the unskilled Eskdene was noticed by a British plane at 56 ° 20 'North and 00 ° 15' West and the next day to the Tyne towed by the British tugboat Bullger, scanned by HMS Stork and returned to Head Sands. The ship was later restored and restored and returned to the convoy service in October 1940. Her downfall On April 8, 1941, the OG-57 convoy was re-dispersed and the SS Eskdene was hit by two torpedoes by the U-107 by Günter Hessler, southeast of the Azores, around 07.42, and this time eventually sinked brought by the U-107 with 104 grana takers by the boat shot at position 34 ° 43 'N. and 24 ° 21' W. The captain, William Thomas Joshua and 38 crew members were picked up by the British Steamship Penhale on the same day and returned with them back to Pernambuco, a state in Brazil on April 22, 1941. Externe link
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