Solon II
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| Name | Solon II | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,561 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Swansea | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Dec 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-508 (Georg Staats) | ||
| Position | 07.45N, 56.30W - Grid EO 5225 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 82 (75 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Iskerderun, Turkey - Capetown - Pernambuco - Trinidad - Baltimore | ||
| Cargo | Manganese ore and 2000 tons of copper | ||
| History | Built as French Solon for Compagnie de Navigation d´Orbigny, Paris. On 17 Jul, 1940, the Solon was seized at Swansea by Britain, transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Solon II. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.56 hours on 3 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Solon II (Master John Robinson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-508 northeast of Georgetown, British Guiana. The master, 68 crew members and six gunners were lost. The fourth engineer Alexander Macfarlane and six survivors made landfall at Weldad, 12 miles west of the River Berbice, British Guiana on 7 December. | ||
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