Poem ~ Neutrality Breach - Wednesday, 9 August 1916

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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Poem ~ Ett hot mot neutralitet - onsdag juli 7, 1915

Källa: Arkiv: Vraket av tyska Minelaying Cruiser SMS Albatross strandade på stranden av Gotland juli 1915.jpg, kan The Original ses på: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albatross_beached.jpg [Accessed : 7 juli 2015].

En sjö möte, som omfattar strävan
Av en tysk krigsfartyg av ryska fartyg,
Var för att orsaka en allvarlig incident;
För att utgöra ett hot mot den svenska neutraliteten.

Fartyget mötet närmade
Till Sverige vid inloppet Oestergarn -
När en herrelös skal slog i vattnet -
Ett par hundra kilometer från kusten.

Händelsen av ett sjöslag tog
Placera den 2 juli, nära ön
Av Gotland - som medde
Genom Petrograds svenska ministern.

På tal för den svenska regeringen,
Ministern gjorde höjdpunkt
Till den ryska kejserliga regeringen;
Handlingen att neutral kränkning.

Dessutom Sverige informerade Ryssland,
Den kör iland på Gotland
Av Tysklands örlogsfartyg, SMS Albatross
Vilket hade avväpnats.

Den tyska besättningen som interner
På Sveriges land - en tjänsteman
Svar kom från den kejserliga
Regeringen över händelsen.

Ryssland gav sitt beklagande för ett skal
Falling in territorialvatten.
En given anledning från Östersjöflottan: s
Admiral var tät dimma.

Den svenska ministern blev tillsagd, hur
Betingelserna förhindras
Exakt bränning - försäkrade sin avsikt
I observerade neutralitet.

Jamie Mann.

Anon. 1915. Baltic Battle - den svenska Protest - Ryska ursäkt. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 7 juli. P.10. Col.3. Finns på: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11721609/Daily-Telegraph-July-7-1915.html [Accessed: 7 juli, 2015].

Mann, J., 2015. 100 år sedan - Dikter av Jamie Mann. [Bokstav] (Personlig kommunikation 7 juli 2015).

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Poem ~ A Threat to Neutrality - Wednesday, 7 July 1915

Source: File: Wreck of german Minelaying Cruiser SMS Albatross beached on shore of Gotland, Sweden, July 1915.jpg, The Original can be seen at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albatross_beached.jpg [Accessed:  7July 2015].

A naval encounter, involving pursuit

Of a German warship by Russian ships,

Were to cause a serious incident;

To pose a threat to Swedish neutrality.

The ship encounter drew close

To Sweden at the inlet of Oestergarn -

When a stray shell hit the water -

Some two hundred yards from shore.

The event of a naval battle took

Place on 2 July, close to the island

Of Gothland - as communicated

By the Petrograd Swedish Minister.

Speaking for Swedish government,

The minister made the highlight

To the Russian Imperial government;

The act of neutral violation.

Additionally Sweden informed Russia,

The running ashore on Gothland

Of Germany's warship, SMS Albatross

Which had been disarmed.

The German crew being interned

On Sweden's land - an official

Response came from the imperial

Government over event.

Russia gave their regret for a shell

Falling into territorial waters.

A given reason from the Baltic Fleet's

Admiral was the dense fog.

The Swedish Minister was told, how

The conditions prevented

Accurate firing - assured of their intent

In observed neutrality.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1915. Baltic Battle - the Swedish Protest - Russian Apology. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 7 July. P.10. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11721609/Daily-Telegraph-July-7-1915.html [Accessed: 7 July 2015].

Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 7 July 2015). 

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Poem ~ Neutral Ship Sunk - Sunday, 18 April 1915

Impression Sketch of Swedish steamer Folke - By Jamie Mann. An original images can be seen at: http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11198 SS Folke [+1915]

On night 14 April, off the Scottish Coast,

Some twenty miles off Peterhead, sailed

A Swedish steamer Folke –

The route of the vessel began at port

Of Stavanger, heading towards London,

With a cargo of pit props.

In the darkness of 10 p.m., on the aft

Of the vessel, was a loud explosion;

Props were blown into the air.

The suggestion was the propeller had

Exploded - as machinery began to race -

Crewmembers of seventeen, to include

Two women - took to boats.

With provisions two small boats were

Ready for launch – the steamer took two

And half hours to sink as they stayed

In the area, watching the loss.

The crew, being split between two boats,

Stayed in touch - but after a time, drifting
In darkness, moved apart.

The mate of the vessel, Mr Petersen told

They had been in the water fourteen hours;

When found by 'Fisher Prince' - the others

Picked up by 'North Cape'.

The Captain of the Folke believed the boat

Had been torpedoed - stating that he heard

Sounds of a sea craft.

With a motor sound moving away moments

Before the explosion - among the survivors

Was a man wearing only a shirt.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1915. Swedish Ship Blown Up. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 17 Apr. P.11. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11539851/Daily-Telegraph-April-17-1915.html [Accessed: 18 April 2015].

Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 18 April 2015). 

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Poem ~ Svenska Steamship Sunk- lördag oktober 24, 1914

På fredag i Grimsby,
Den Newcastle Ångaren Eppleton,
Förtöjt upp och transporteras
Nio överlevande till stranden.
Den svenska Steamshipen 'Alice'
Av Göteborg, hade varit
Bunden till Göteborg
Från London, lastad med koks.

De överlevande ingår två kvinnor
Stewardesses och styrmannen
Leif Anderson - som i en intervju,
Sade befälhavaren
Var hans bror - tillsammans med en besättning
Av sjutton händer.
Händelsen skedde vid 03:30.
Eftersom explosions
Vaggade dem, trodde de
De hade torpede,
Men senare fick de hade på en mina.

Att träffas på bågar,
Ångaren började gå ner.
I medvetande om faran
Om Nordsjön,
Båda livbåtar hade varit redo
För en nödsituation -
Lanseras i ögonblick,
Som räddade deras liv.
Fartyget gick snabbt ned som en sten,
Eftersom de livbåtar vänster valslagren.

I dessa stunder en stuga pojke
Struck på huvudet
Genom en timmer ska bedövas
och drunknade
Innan de kunde nå honom.
En annan sjöman,
Dödades också, genom att flyga skräp.

Enligt kapten Andersons
Order, besättningen
Uppdelat mellan de två båtarna.
Kaptenen och sju män,
Tog en båt.
Sex män, två kvinnor och styrman
Var i den andra båten;
Det hade ett segel, vilket sparar mycket rodd.

Vid bränning facklor, dessa observerades
Förre Eppleton.
Taget på vildsvin vid 08:15, notera
Att efter båda
Båtar hade lanserat, kaptenens
Party sågs inte igen.

av Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. Mined Swedish Steamer – Survivors Landed. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 24 Oct. p.7. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11183483/Daily-Telegraph-October-24-1914.html [Accessed: 25 October 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 25 October  2014). 

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Poem ~ Swedish Steamship Sunk- Saturday, 24 October 1914

On Friday in Grimsby,

The Newcastle steamer Eppleton,

Moored up and conveyed

Nine survivors to the shore.

The Swedish Steamship ‘Alice,’

Of Gothenburg, had been

Bound to Gothenburg

From London, loaded with coke.

The survivors included two women

Stewardesses and the mate

Mr Anderson – who, in an interview,

Said the master of the ship

Was his brother - along with a crew

Of seventeen hands.

The event happened at 3.30pm.

As the explosion

Rocked them, they thought

They had been torpedoed,

But later learned they had hit a mine.

Being struck on the bows,

The steamer started to go down.

In awareness of the danger

About the North Sea,

Both lifeboats had been ready

For any emergency –

To be launched in moment’s notice,

Which saved their lives.

The ship quickly went down as a stone,

As the lifeboats left the chocks.

In those moments a cabin boy

Struck on the head

By a timber to be stunned

And drowned

Before they could reach him.

Another seaman,

Was also killed, by flying debris.

Under Captain Anderson’s

Orders, the crew 

Divided between the two boats.

The captain and seven men,

Took one boat.

Six men, two women and the mate

Were in the other boat;

That had a sail, saving much rowing.

In firing flares, these were observed

By the Eppleton.

Taken on boar at 8.15pm, noting

That after both

Boats had launched, the captain’s

Party was not seen again.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. Mined Swedish Steamer – Survivors Landed. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 24 Oct. p.7. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11183483/Daily-Telegraph-October-24-1914.html [Accessed: 25 October 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 25 October  2014). 

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Poem ~ Sweden's Stand to War - Friday, 16 October 1914

Both from England and Germany come unity

In complaint for attitudes of Swedish Press,

That has lasted for some weeks. Perhaps

Unfair in their surmise, concerns Stockholm’s

Moderate viewing paper, entitled Tidningen,

That states Sweden’s decision for neutrality

In war - the Riksdag and government continued

Views have been reflected in Swedish Press,

To gain acceptance within the English Press.

With regard to the war, ideas, sympathies and

Opinions are divided in Scandinavian Sweden.

That while different views needs expression,

There should not be complaints from either

British or German sides - in so far as loyalty

Towards Swedish neutrality is respected.

There is but one belief in this country - to say

That Sweden, in this present war will preserve

Loyal neutrality - independently of any belief

Of groups - Sweden calls to Swedes abroad,

Instead of aggravating their native country’s

Stand, they need to make clear the neutral view.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. Sweden’s Neutrality – Attitudes of the Press. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 16 Oct. p.3. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11165436/Daily-Telegraph-October-16-1914.html [Accessed: 16 October 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 16 October 2014). 

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