A Noteworthy Ship Poetry Contest Rjl

Entered to take part In Robert James Liguori A noteworthy ship poetry Contest Wednesday 27th October 2021 From Liverpool The Port of Empire He came was born and wanted away and out from that moment on And at the tender age of 16 he enlisted in the Royal Navy In search of adventure on the high sea A good looking boy with a full head of hair Wanting to be anywhere elsewhere but home Write and send postcards from every port he docked Assigned thereafter posted to Plymouth To sail board the noteworthy ship H.M.S Cavalier Gerard Vincent Flaherty Rank Stocker Petty Officer Set sail for the 4 corner of the earth I've seen the pictures he later regaled the tales with jolly gusto And now to me as definitely was to him That most noteworthy of Ship is currently dry docked in Chatham Kent Buy yet sadly he did not get to see for himself as taken some year's earlier by cancer was his final fate to be Not so much a noble sailor's end sinking beside his company selflessly protecting saving other's lives Terminating at Davy Jones locker to sleep and rest peacefully aboard a sea bed hammock taking in tots of rum rations So unfortunately it was up to i my mother and sister to go and see it Not so much for ourselves but the eye's of he and we're luckily enough to be blessed welcomed to step onboard I only wish my father had lived long enough to witness it for himself My mind boggles at the very thought of just how much happiness it would have brought him And why of all the ship's in all the world that have ever sailed H.M.S Cavalier is the most titanic noteworthy unparalleled Ship My Father's Ship Heart and Soul