| RAMB IV (May 10, 1942)
Former Italian hospital ship captured by the British and now a Ministry of War transport, was carrying 360 staff and wounded patients when attacked by enemy aircraft while on its way to Alexandria from Tobruk. The ship had to be abandoned and later sunk by Royal Navy warships. During the attack, 155 wounded men were killed and ten of the crew lost their lives.
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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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