The source doesn't say (Clay Blair....Hitler's U-Boat War....The Hunters, 1939-1942 page 373) But I can only presume that watches were changed far more regularly in foul/dangerous weather or perhaps there was a log report to pinpoint the last message sent from or to the bridge. :hmm:

I bought mine at the local Borders. But:
http://www.amazon.com/Das-Boot-Origi...5355073&sr=1-2

I'm guessing those poor crewmen were never found?

23 Oct, 1941
An incredibly sad event befell U-106 on this date. When the replacement watch opened the tower hatch in rough seas they found out that the entire previous tower watch of 4 men had been washed overboard. [Oberleutnant zur See Werner Grüneberg, Fähnrich zur See Herbert von Bruchhausen, Oberbootsmannmaat Karl Heemann, Matrose Ewald Brühl]

Lots of men lost overboard from Uboats

U-43, 31 Mar, 1940
U-43 lost a man overboard in the Atlantic. [I WO Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Wilhelm Behrens]

U-47, 5 Sep, 1940
The boat lost a man overboard during use of the deck gun. [MtrOGfr Heinrich Mantyk]

U-46, 27 Sep, 1940
The boat lost two men during an unintentional dive.[Oberbootsmaat Heinrich Schenk, Matrosenobergefreiter Wilhelm Reh]

U-97, 3 Mar, 1941
The boat lost 1 man overboard in the Bay of Biscay. [Bootsmaat Artur Mei]
U-110, 23 Mar, 1941
U-110´s 105mm deck gun exploded during firing wounding 3 men.
U-105, 5 May, 1941
The 105mm gun exploded during firing wounding 6 men.
U-93, 7 May, 1941
3 men were wounded on the U-93 in an accident with the machine-gun.
U-101, 4 Jun, 1941
The boat lost a man, Matrosenobergefreiter Horst Jackl, overboard.
U-205, 30 Sep, 1941
The boat suffered a blow when one of its men, Fähnrich zur See Fritz Säger, took his own life.

U-701, 31 Dec, 1941
An officer was washed overboard from the U-701, being the last casualty of the year. [Leutnant zur See Bernhard Weinitschke]

U-585, 5 Feb, 1942
The 21 year old Fähnrich zur See Eberhardt Vollmer (Crew 1940) was lost overboard in the south Barents Sea.

U-156, 16 Feb, 1942
U-156 began to shell the oil refinery at Aruba in the Caribbean, but the gun crew forgot to remove the water plug from the barrel, causing an explosion that killed one man [Matrosengefreiter Heinrich Büssinger]. The gunnery officer [II WO Leutnant zur See Dietrich von dem Borne] lost his right leg in this incident, and so had to be put ashore into captivity at Martinique on 21 February. The commander decided to saw off the ruined portion of the gun barrel, and using this shorter barrel, on 27 February U-156 sank a 2,498-ton British steamer.

U-454, 26 Feb, 1942
Two days after leaving Trondheim, Norway U-454 lost Matrosengefreiter Josef Kauer overboard.

+ many more http://uboat.net/men/men_lost.htm

That was the Russian Typhoon class.... sadly the rest of us make do with our 3 showers to share between 120-130 personell...

The kaleun Hermann Rasch rerversed course and mounted a search but they were never found :nope: The consequence of this mishap was that Rasch had to stand bridge watches in place of the lost watch officer, imposing a tremendous strain on himself. :arrgh!: