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Re: different number of crew in same uboat
Posted by: Andy Hall ()
Date: August 08, 2004 02:57PM

In this respect U-boats were like any other naval vessel in any other navy -- or any civilian vessel, for that matter. (Or any school, or any office building.) While the boat has an official complement of so-and-so many crew members, there are myriad reasons that, at any given time, there will be a few more or a few fewer men actually on board. Men get sick, they go overdue on leave, are transfered to another vessel at the last minute without a replacement, or someone is added to the crew for a special reason (e.g., a war correspondent). Official complement figures only describe the number of men a vessel is intended to carry; in practice (and on larger vessels in particular), the actual number of men on board is almost always slightly different.

-----------> AH

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different number of crew in same uboat ozires 08/08/2004 01:15AM
Re: different number of crew in same uboat Joe Brennan 08/08/2004 06:01AM
Re: different number of crew in same uboat Rodney Martin 08/08/2004 02:09PM
Re: different number of crew in same uboat Andy Hall 08/08/2004 02:57PM
Re: different number of crew in same uboat Ken Dunn 08/08/2004 08:22PM


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