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3 December 1942.
RN Escort Destroyer Penylan.
0630 hrs Torpedoed 5 miles (10km) south of Start point (50-08N 03-39W) by German E Boat (S.115) while escorting a coastal convoy, 117 men rescued.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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