Suzon
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| Name | Suzon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.239 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - S.P. Austin & Son Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Armement Marcel Goossens & Co, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Oct, 1939 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-35 (Werner Lott) | ||
| Position | 48.08N, 07.36W - Grid BF 2736 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 20 (0 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bordeaux - Cardiff | ||
| Cargo | 2400 tons of pit props | ||
| History | Built as British Portwood for Wm. France, Fenwick & Co Ltd, London. 1930 sold to Belgium and renamed Suzon. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.45 hours on 1 Oct, 1939, U-35 tried to stop the neutral and unarmed Suzon (Master R. Lejeune) which initially tried to escape but stopped when the U-boat fired a warn shot from the deck gun and the 20 crew members hastily abandoned ship in the lifeboats. The ship broke in two and sank 330° 42 miles from Ouessant after being hit by a torpedo. | ||
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