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Allied Warships
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The U-boat Crew
This is a set of pages which shows what the several crewmember of an U-Boat done and which training they got. When these pages are complete in the next weeks they will have provided a complete set of information on how the crew of each U-boat was built-up and explain the duties and training of each man on board.
| Kommandant | (Commander) |
| Leitender Ingenieur (LI) | (Chief engineer) |
| Wachoffizier | (Watch officer, exec officer) |
| Obersteuermann | (Chief Quartermaster) |
| Obermaschinist | (warrant machinist) |
| Bootsmann | (chief boatswain mate) |
| Seemännisches Personal | (nautical personnel) |
| Technisches Personal | (technical personnel) |
| Zentrale-Personal | (control room personnel) |
| Funk-Personal | (radio personnel) |
| Torpedo-Personal | (torpedo personnel) |
| Artilleriemechaniker-Personal | (gunnery mechanical personnel) |
| Koch, 'Smutje' | (cook) |
Additional crewmembers |
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| Bordarzt, Sanitätsmaat | (doctor) |
| Flak Personal | (anti aircraft personnel) |
| PK-Leute | (war correspondent) |
| Meteorologe | (meteorologist) |
| B-Dienst | (intelligence personnel) |
'Guests' on board
CaptivesEvacuated personnel
Fished pilots (friendly and not)
Rescued U-boat crews
Rescued ship crews
Agents
Specialists
Subhas Chandra Bose (an Indian political activist)