Post by Administrator on Feb 13, 2020 19:13:58 GMT
THE LOSS OF THE LLANDOVERY CASTLE
On the North Atlantic Ocean,
Just off the Irish shore,
The SS LLANDOVERY CASTLE,
Went to the ocean's floor.
She'd sailed across from Halifax,
A mercy ship was she,
All lit up in the dark of night
On that angry wartime sea.
One hundred miles from Fastnet Rock,
Red crosses on her side,
Patzig let the tin fish go,
Where was that skippers pride?
Sylvester got the boats away,
With those who did not drown,
But hope was dashed when all could see,
Patzig would run them down.
He tore the boats to splinters,
And gunned the helpless too,
Just twenty four survivors,
The tragic story knew.
Ian A. Millar
On the North Atlantic Ocean,
Just off the Irish shore,
The SS LLANDOVERY CASTLE,
Went to the ocean's floor.
She'd sailed across from Halifax,
A mercy ship was she,
All lit up in the dark of night
On that angry wartime sea.
One hundred miles from Fastnet Rock,
Red crosses on her side,
Patzig let the tin fish go,
Where was that skippers pride?
Sylvester got the boats away,
With those who did not drown,
But hope was dashed when all could see,
Patzig would run them down.
He tore the boats to splinters,
And gunned the helpless too,
Just twenty four survivors,
The tragic story knew.
Ian A. Millar