HMS Gould (K476)

Casualty List

                                by kind permission of Paul Shaw

 

Navy: Royal Navy
Type: Escort Destroyer
Class: Captain 
Pennant: K 476 
Built by: Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Laid down: 23 Apr, 1942 
Launched: 4 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned: 18 Sep, 1943 
Lost: 1 Mar, 1944 
Loss position: 45.46N, 23.16W
History: HMS Gould (Lt. D.W. Ungoed, RN) was torpedoed and sunk south-west of Ireland in position 45º46'N, 23º16'W by the German submarine U-358. 126 officers and men, including the commanding officer, went down with the ship. There were only 14 survivors. 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 1 Mar, 1944 by U-358 (Manke).

 
Former name: USS Lovering DE-272
Noteable 26 Feb, 1944
The German submarine U-91 was sunk Northern Atlantic, in position 49º45'N, 26º20'W by the British frigates HMS Affleck (Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN), HMS Gore (Lt J. Reeves-Brown, RN) and HMS Gould (Lt D.W. Ungoed, RN).

1 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-358 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 45º46'N, 23º16'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Gould, HMS Affleck, HMS Gore and HMS Garlies.

 

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