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captainprid · 04-14-10, 03:41 PM

I really like the little facts that come up on the load screens of the game even though most are pretty much common knowledge or at least they are if you like u-boats. One fact that interested me was the number of skippers killed in combat, according to UBI, this was 538 from the 1156 who took part in the war. However I was led to believe that the number of boats sunk in the battle of the Atlantic alone was around 730ish with around 90% casualty rate. How does one square with the other? Even taking in to account promotion, movement etc. This would mean that approx 200 boats went down without captains..

Can anyone explain this anomoly??

04-14-10, 03:41 PM	#1
captainprid Watch Officer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blackpool, England Posts: 347 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Intersesting U-Boat Fact I really like the little facts that come up on the load screens of the game even though most are pretty much common knowledge or at least they are if you like u-boats. One fact that interested me was the number of skippers killed in combat, according to UBI, this was 538 from the 1156 who took part in the war. However I was led to believe that the number of boats sunk in the battle of the Atlantic alone was around 730ish with around 90% casualty rate. How does one square with the other? Even taking in to account promotion, movement etc. This would mean that approx 200 boats went down without captains.. Can anyone explain this anomoly??