King Alfred
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | King Alfred | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,272 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Dodd, Thomson & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Sunderland | ||
| 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 | 41 (7 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-60 | ||
| Route | St.Johns - Halifax - Methil | ||
| Cargo | 6750 tons of pit props | ||
| History | Launched as War Azalea, completed in September 1919 as King Alfred | ||
| 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. The King Alfred (Master Richard Storm) broke in two, the bow sank and the stern was sunk by HMS Vanoc (H 33) (LtCdr J.G.W. Deneys), which also picked up the master and 33 crew members and landed them at Liverpool. Seven crew members were lost. | ||
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