Goodleigh
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| Name | Goodleigh | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.448 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - William Pickersgill & Sons, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | W.J. Tatem Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Dec, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-52 (Otto Salman) | ||
| Position | 55.02N, 18.45W - Grid AL 6558 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (1 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-90 | ||
| Route | New Westminster, British Columbia - Panama - Bermuda - Oban | ||
| Cargo | 8400 tons of lumber and 1000 tons of spelter | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.25 hours on 2 Dec, 1940, U-52 attacked the convoy HX-90 about 367 miles west of Bloody Foreland and sank two ships, the Tasso and Goodleigh (Master William Wilson Quaitre). At 07.35 hours, U-52 fired the stern torpedo, which probably hit one of the ships hit in the first attack. The master, 34 crew members and one gunner from the Goodleigh were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Viscount (D 92) (LtCdr M.S. Townsend OBE DSC) and landed at Liverpool. One crew member was lost. | ||
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