Allied Warships

HMS St. Zeno (FY 280)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 280 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched12 Feb 1940 
Commissioned18 Jul 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Displacement: 608 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Lent to the United States Navy in February 1942.
Returned in October 1942.
Sold in May 1946.
Renamed Banyers in 1952.
Scrapped at Antwerp, Belgium on 26 November 1966.

 

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Noteable events involving St. Zeno include:


28 Apr 1941
The British tanker Oilfield is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-96 south of Iceland in position 60º05'N, 17º00'W. HMS St. Zeno (Lt. J.K. Craig, RNVR) later picks up 8 survivors.

24 Feb 1942
HMS St. Zeno (Lt. J.K. Craig, RNVR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Empire Celt that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-158 about 420 nautical miles south-southeast of St. Johns, Canada in position 43º50'N, 43º38'W.

7 Apr 1942
HMT St. Zeno (Lt. J.K. Craig, RNVR) picks up 41 survivors from the British tanker British Splendour that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in position 35º07'N, 75º19'W.

10 Feb 1943
HMS St. Zeno (Lt. J.K. Craig, RNVR) picks up 18 survivors from the British merchant Queen Anne that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-509 8 nautical miles south-south-west of Cape Agulhas, South Africa in position 34º53'S, 19º51'E.

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