BANYERS H255
Built
1939
Cook Welton & Gemmell
Off Number
167090
Length Ft
178.1
Tons Gross
608
Yard Number
655
Breadth Ft
30.0
Tons Net
207
Launched
12 Feb 1940
    
Hp
165 HP
Registered
18 July 1940
Engine Builder
C D Holmes
Knots
12 K
Previous Name St ZENO H255 Owners 1940 Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd Hull
  H.M.T St ZENO   1940 - 1946 Admiralty
    Owners 1943 Firth Steam Trawling Co Ltd
      1949 Fitted for fuel oil
Renamed BANYERS H225 Owners 17 Jan 1952 Henriksen & Co Ltd Hull
Fate : 1966 Scrapped
Admiralty Requisition
Pennant No
Role
Returned
1940
FY280
Anti-Submarine
1946
25- Feb 1942 - Oct 1942 Loaned US Navy with RN crew
 

Fact File

1960 March 15 The Banyers was towed into Honningsvaag Norway by the Hull Trawler Arctic Warrior after been damaged by a fire at sea, after a call for assistance the crew put the fire out themselves, although the engine room and crew quarters were damaged, no crewmen were injured.

 

IN REMEMBERANCE OF CREWMEN WHO DIED AT SEA
Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth
Occupation
Date of Death
Detail
. . . . . . . .
HALLIDAY NORMAN 20 .BANYERS H255 . Deckie Learner 18 Feb 1953 .Lost overboard off Norway
TAYLOR HERBERT 47 BANYERS H255 . Spare Hand 21 Dec 1957 .Lost Overboard off Iceland
. . . . . . . .

 

Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth Pl
Occupation
Date/ Scource
Detail
CREWMEN
DIGBY SIDNEY   BANYERS H255   Skipper Feb 1960 .
BRAMALL RAY . BANYERS H255 . W/T Operator Dec 1957 .
. . . . . Bosun / Third hand . .
. . . . . Fourth hand . .
. . . . . Fifth hand / Cook . .