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Thread #171631 Message #4151449
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
30-Aug-22 - 04:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Downed and Drowned - The Longest Johns
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Downed and Drowned - The Longest Johns
29 August 1782: The 100-ton battleship HMS Royal George - the largest warship in the world at the time of her launch in 1756 - sank off Spithead.
Royal George heeled over off Spithead
And settled on the deep sea bed
On board were sweethearts, children, wives
Nine hundred people lost their lives
They're down, downed and drowned
Downed and drowned and never found