Hello,
yes, it is unrealistic to be able to load torpedoes from the exterior cargo tubes in rough weather, this should be impossible as using the deck gun. You would need even calmer weather for this. In case of an attack you would at least lose the small tripod (making further reloading impossible), and closing the loading hatch would prevent diving for some five minutes.
Like said before loading a rear torpedo to the front and vice versa was certainly possible by fastening life jackets to the torpedo (making it float) and simply partially submerging the boat. Surfacing the boat the torpedo would then be hauled to a position beside the new loading position, followed by submerging again. The boat would only flood it's fore or aft tanks, so the crew would be on deck during the procedure.
So loading fore or aft spare torpedos to any new position should be allowed, but it should probably take longer than an hour.
Greetings,
Catfish
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