Best Sloop Poems

The Beach Boys sang about the sloop, John B.
They weren’t the first, nor would they be the last.
John Bethel built this sixteen-foot-long boat
in sixteen forty-seven, in his yard.

A sloop had only five men on its crew
and sailed, without a charter, far and wide.
John B, transporting...

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YARRA was an old Sloop

Yarra was an old ship in 1941...........about a 10 year old Sloop
She was a small Destroyer with three 4 inch guns...
So she sunk the Babr in an attack in old Iran......it had 4inch guns the Babr....
And she dodged the Stukas at...

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