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    A GERMAN SAILOR’S POEM

    There are no roses on a sailor’s grave,
    No lilacs on an ocean wave,
    The only tribute is a seagull’s sweep,
    And the teardrops that their sweetheart’s weep.
    War is the terrorism of the rich... Terrorism is the war of the poor. - Peter Ustinov

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    Thanks for all the feedback, and the epitaph!

    The report can now be viewed on my site here. A regular 'location report' and a bigger gallery will follow very shortly.

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    Amazing Snappel. I went to see this after the museum had closed and stood outside the perimeter fence and gazed at what seemed to be a rust bucket.

    An amazing set of pictures on the interior!!

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    That is a most fitting epitaph Miguel and appreciated by a retired Officer in the Royal Navy. Thank you.

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    Hi Snappel

    Excellent pictures and report, Snappel. You also helped inspire a poem. See below.

    Chris

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    Not a whale

    -- not exactly:
    some might say
    a shark or wolf

    comes to mind
    more -- and blood-
    red swastika flags;

    for the water laps
    languid at Birkenhead
    where a rusted U-Boat lies:

    Kriegsmarine U-534
    sits dry above a dock,
    a predator at bay:

    a beached whale.

    Christopher T. George

    Snappel, if you don't mind I am posting this poem on a few poetry sites and crediting you, giving the http://www.level-two.co.uk/u534.php website address also. If you have any objection to same, I can remove the images there. Let me know.
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    Too sleek to be a whale Chris, but the words to the poem, inspired are sleek and meaningful to me. Thanks.

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    Excellent Chris, I like it! Worth pointing out though, that even though red swastika flags were carried by the U-boats, most members of the Kriegsmarine were not Nazi's themselves, and in fact many despised them. Speaking out and denouncing Hitler and the regime could, however, lead to unpleasant consequences.

    I only point that out in defence of the men who were just (like our own sailors) serving their country, not because it doesn't work in the poem!

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    Thanks, Steven & Snappel.

    Chris
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    Well done Snappel. Great report.
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    Snappell, I have put a link to this thread on the Sailors Home I hope you don't mind. The sites compliment each other rather than being in competition.
    You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
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    I don't mind at all. The more people who find it interesting the better!

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    Snappel you have done a great job, there was never much room in those
    Subs, i was a seaman most of my working life, but i don"t think i would have the guts to sail in them.

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    Snappel I haven,t as yet read your report but will later, but I find the photos of the u boat brilliant. There is a neighbour of mine who was in the subs during the war and his wish is to go and see this u boat at Birkenhead. Unfortunately the poor old chap is unsteady on his feet and has undergone surgery for cancer and will never get up to see the u boat. With your permission I will print them out and take them round to his home so the old chap can see a glimpse of the inside of it.

    Cheers

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    Yes yes, by all means print them. If they won't print to a decent resolution I'll do some A4 on a colour laser and send them to you/him free of charge.

    One of the reasons I really wanted to get in there was to take a set of half-decent interior shots. The more people who enjoy them, the more worthwhile it made the whole 'operation'!!

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    Thanks Snappel, just read your report, very good. Sometimes it,s just as well we read about the other side,s stories, could make us feel human .

    Thank you again for your permission, Frank will be pleased.


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