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Originally Posted by pythos
In Das Boot, the boat was aerial bombed on it's attempt to make it through the strait, just like the actual U-96.
She went down to the bottom and stayed there for I think 16 hrs. But the air was contaminated by the crew frantically stopping leaks, and bucketing water from parts of the boat to the bilge. This was A LOT of breathing.
In total the boat stayed at the bottom for 16 hrs.
This time would probably be much higher had the boat made it safety under the waves and no frantic breathing had taken place.
Das Boot in this case is a poor choice to base the game off of.
There is a formula to get a rough estimate for the amount of increase of CO2 levels though.
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I don't have the book on me so I can't check but I'm sure that the boat stayed down the bottom for at least a full day and a night.
The first night they attempted cross Gibraltar they were attacked on the surface at night by aircraft equipped with RADAR not too long after they surfaced and were forced to dive with considerable damage. They were unable to surface the rest of the night due to warships being close by when they came to periscope depth so they dived once more and had to wait a full day for the next night before they could finally surface.
I'm definately wrong about the 36 hours figure but I'm also sure that they stayed at the bottom close to or over 24 hours.
If anyone has the book handy please correct me where I'm wrong, I hate to think that I'm misquoting such a well written book.