Beneath the turmoil of rolling waves
The ghosts of ships mark sailor’s graves
Of battles fought with shot and shell
They found to their cost that war is hell
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My father was a war veteran on the Hmas Arunta - a WII tribal class destroyer which saw service in the Pacific war. A great tribute to those who go down to the sea in ships. May we continue to honour them all.
A very sympathetic poem, written down for those unfortunate soldiers who lost their lives in the mid of the sea along with the ship itself and are in an oblivion.