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    Default Anzac Day ;A Prayer for Matelots.

    On Oceans wastes no poppies blow
    No crosses stand in ordered row
    Their young hearts sleep beneath the waves
    The spirited the good the brave
    But stars a constant vigil keep
    For them who lie beneath the deep.

    Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer
    On certain spot and think he’s there
    But you can to the ocean go
    See whitecaps marching row on row
    Know one for him will always ride
    In and out with every tide.

    And when your span of life has passed
    He”ll meet you at the Captains Mast.
    and they that mourn on distant shore
    For sailors who”ll come home no more
    Can dry their tears and pray for these
    Who rest beneath the heaving seas

    For stars that shine and winds that blow
    And whitecaps marching row by row
    And they can never lonely be
    Foe when they lived they chose the sea.
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    Default Re: Anzac Day ;A Prayer for Matelots.

    The British Navy.
    As a kid I was told that the size and number of ships that the Royal Navy had in its fleets depended on the size of the merchant fleets. E.G. for every 5 merchant ships there had to be a warship. As probably if you asked a naval historian what was the first reason to have a Royal Navy , I would surmise he would say it was for the protection of merchant vessels. As the British Merchant Navy if it went any lower it would be part of a submarine fleet so this could be an authentic excuse for those who need one , that the RN has been allowed to
    Only diminish over recent years.
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    It was I believe Henry 8th who began the Royal navy in an effort to secure the nation from invaders.

    Somehow along the way things have gone a bit belly up.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

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