Date of attack

4 Aug 1940

Fate

Sunk by U-52 (Otto Salman)

Position 56.59N, 17.38W - Grid AL 0344

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.

Ex War Azalea

1919 Purchased renamed King Alfred

1940 Torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic