Lochgoil
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| Name | Lochgoil | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 9.462 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Oct, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-32 (Paul Büchel) | ||
| Position | 51.24N, 04.00W - Grid AM 9865 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Newport - Vancouver | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including AA guns | ||
| History | The badly damaged Lochgoil was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), rebuilt in 1940 and renamed Empire Rowan. On 27 Mar, 1943, the ship was torpedoed by an enemy aircraft off Gibraltar and sank in 37°16N/06°54E. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.20 hours on 6 Oct, 1939, the Lochgoil struck a mine laid on 17 September by U-32 about five miles off Scarweather Light Vessel in the Bristol Channel. She was run aground in Mumbles Bay, salvaged on 28 November and repaired at Swansea. | ||
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