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Pastimes : Limericks
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From: TimF8/25/2022 12:28:12 AM
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(According to a Youtube comment, not verified) - Two Dutch gunboats participated in Operation Neptune, the naval effort supporting D-Day/Overlord. One of them almost didn't make it because of maintenance issues. To get quicker attention to the ships problems the sent in the maintenance request as a limerick.

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Dr. Quintus van Galen 15 hours ago

One of the Dutch gunboats Drach mentions, HrMs Soemba, only made D-day by the skin of her teeth, as she had worn out most of her guns during her time in the Mediterranean. In order to make the repair request stand out amongst the flurry of despatches send to the Emergency Repair Section of the navy, capt. Nicholl (RN) decided to send it in verse

"A report has come in from the Soemba
That their salvoes go of like a Rhumba
Two guns, they sound fine, But the third five point nine,
He am bust and refuse to go Boomba."

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