Gogovale
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Gogovale | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,586 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Andrew Crawford & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-52 (Otto Salman) | ||
| Position | 56.59N, 17.38W - Grid AL 0344 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (0 dead and 37 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-60 | ||
| Route | Montreal - London | ||
| Cargo | 6386 tons of flour | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.35 and 03.38 hours on 4 Aug, 1940, U-52 fired torpedoes at the convoy HX-60 about 300 miles west-northwest of Bloody Foreland and sank the King Alfred and Gogovale. All men from Gogovale (Master Frank S. Passmore) were picked up by the HMS Vanoc (H 33) (LtCdr J.G.W. Deneys) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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