Eyton-Jones was Master of Benvrackie[2] when, on 13 May 1941, after dispersing from Convoy OB.312, she was torpedoed by the U-boat U-105,[3][4] 630 miles southwest of Freetown, Sierra Leone in the Atlantic Ocean midway between Brazil and North Africa.

They spent 13 days at sea in the open lifeboat and sailed over 500 miles before being rescued on 26 May 1942 by the British hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire and landed at Freetown.

[7] As Master of Benledi in 1942 he saw further action when on 5 April dive bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service tried to sink the ship while she lay in harbour in Columbo, British Ceylon.

[9] During 1943 he was seconded to North America for nine months acting as planning and liaison officer for Ben Line and other shipping companies.

In 1973, he was interviewed as part of the Thames Television documentary, The World at War, where he recalled his involvement in the Battle of the Atlantic.

The most notable were the OBE, which he received from King George VI at Buckingham Palace on 3 February 1942, and the Lloyd's Medal for Bravery at Sea.