| WAVERLEY (May 29, 1940)
A Clyde paddle steamer of 537 tons taken over at the outbreak of war for service as a minesweeper. During the Dunkirk evacuation she was bombed by German aircraft and sank rapidly. She was carrying around 600 troops just rescued from the beaches. There was little time for rescue and she went down with about 350 men.
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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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