Source: File: German U Boat at sea in the First World
War. See
an original image at: <http://www.britishbattles.com/the-battle-of-jutland-part-i-the-opposing-fleets/>
[Accessed 9 August 2016]
Having left
Russian waters,
A British steamer
sailed down
Along coast at
Scania - the most
Southerly point
of Swedish
Peninsula and
neutral waters.
Through Baltic Sea waters
The steamer had sailed safely
on its journey to
England, by
Blekingen and Hanoe Bay.
When suddenly a
submarine
Surfaced to show
itself as
German, with
intent to capture
By force the British
steamer.
Ignoring the fact boat's neutral
Position the
submarine was foiled
When the Swedish
Captain made
An unexpected
evasive course.
Happening to be
from the region,
The Swedish
Captain steered
The boat towards shore close
To home, shouting
out to friends.
’Quickly,’ he
called. 'Telephone
Ystad. A German
submarine
Is lying in
Swedish waters’ - this
They did as
the boat sailed on.
Back towards deeper
waters the
German submarine
set another
Attempt to
board the steamer -
When another
vessel appeared.
This was a
Swedish Torpedo
Boat that set out to drive German
Submarine from Swedish waters;
The steamer
sailed safety on.
By Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Smart Swedish Captain. The Daily Telegraph, [online]
7 August 1916. P.7. Col.5. Available at: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12212488/Daily-Telegraph-August-7-1916.html>
[Accessed: 9 August 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 9 August 2016).
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