That could keep an eye on things- come what may!
By now looked less-- than something thought inspired.
Sponsons are my wing tips-in a way.
Could spend almost a day-way up there.
From the Royal Navy's "even-ing" of a score'.
(Sometimes an old torpedo hung there too).
Enemy nighttime shipping was my mark.
This big old boat left damned few in the lurch.
Seeking wakes that periscopes can brew.
Suffix "A's" had wheels for airport landings too.
Fire-fighter-transport-- yacht-- in later day.
That constitute a legacy this fine.