7.Dezember 1939
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SS „Eskdene“ a ship built
in 1934 (3,829BRT), with a cargo of
timber, was reported to have been damaged by a mine or torpedo but was still
afloat, seventy miles NE of the Tyne entrance. She is gets recovered and
repaired.
In the North Sea, the destroyers HMS „Juno“ and HMS „Jersey“
were attacked by the German destroyers „Erich Giese“ and „Hans Lody“
which had been laying mines off Cromer. HMS „Jersey“ was damaged by a
torpedo and was towed into the Humber by the HMS „Juno“.