BORN Hofi Kjalarnesi, Iceland, 01/06/1879. SON OF Eyjorfur Bjarnason & Sigridur Bjarnason. HE BECAME A NATURALISED BRITISH CITIZEN ON 11/01/1916 AND CHANGED HIS SURNAME TO BRYON. HUSBAND OF PAULINA (Ingeljorg Palina). SON IN LAW OF STEPHEN & ELIZABETH PAULSON. SKIPPER OF THE ‘SHAKESPEARE’. LOST AT SEA, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 37. HIS PROBATE ADDRESS WAS 142 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. HE LEFT £1,533 TO HIS WIDOW AND CHILDREN IN HIS WILL.
‘SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-22. The UB-22 sunk two ships on this day, the SS BOYNE CASTLE was sunk by gunfire and all the crew set adrift in a lifeboat. The SHAKESPEARE was torpedoed, which is unusual for such a small ship, the U-boat skipper claims he thought it was a bigger ship, but another report states the SHAKESPEARE tried to escape and outrun the U-boat.
It is recorded in a biographical lexicon of Icelandic Skippers and Mates that the steam trawler , owned by Hellyer, was sunk on February 7 1917 by a U-boat attack. Skipper Arnie Byron (real name Arni Eyjólfsson) tried to escape, but the ship was sunk. There were some survivors.
CREW LOST ON SHAKESPEARE (H994), enemy action in the Firth of Forth, 7th February, 1917.
BRYON, Arnie, (37), 346 St. George’s Road, Hull. Skipper
FARNSWORTH, James (28), 26 Brighton St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
HARRISON, James (40), 13 Flinton St, Hull. Mate
HUTCHINSON, John (30), Calthorpe-gdns, Newington St, Hull. Chief Engineer
LAWRENCE, Charles (31), 8a Bedford-Place, Boston. 2nd/Engineer
LEE, Joseph (26), 95 St. Pauls St, Hull. Deckhand
NORTON, Albert (25), 5 Pretoria-ave, Flinton St, Hull. Sparehand
WESTGATE, Albert (27), 44 Division Road, Hull. Sparehand
WILLIAMS, Ernest (32), 2 Princes-Avenue, West Dock St, Hull. Bosun
Bryon, Arni Eyjolfs
First name:
ARNI EYJOLFS
Rank:
Ship Skipper
Date Died
07/02/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
37
