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Which is one reason I think I started trying to figure out what the characters were calling each other in German, rather than relying on dubbing or subtitles. Because I remember the scene where the guy who is clearly the second in command talks to the Bootsmann and addresses him as "Nummer Eins" which I knew in German meant "Number One"... and I thought, well, if he's called "Number One" then this other guy can't be called that as well in general parlance.
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Isn't this guy also reffered to as "obersteuermann" in the movie. This confused me as it sounds like the first officer.
During the diner scenes in the movie you see the kaleun, Li, and two watch officers at the dinner table. Seeing that let me conclude that apparently the obersteuermann was on the bridge at that time and was in fact the first officer.
This would make sense as the first officer (chief mate) is on duty during dinner time. At least that's what I'm used too in the merchant fleet (1ON taking the 04-08 and 16-20 watch)
However in the movie in other scenes it becomes apparent that the "obersteuermann" is not an officer but an NCO. But if this is the case, then who is on the bridge during dinner?
You would surely expect an officer in charge of the bridge watch.
I would expect 3 watch officers on a U-boat to cover all the conventional watches, but if the obersteuermann is an NCO, then in Das Boot apparently they only have two. This still confuses me.
Anybody knows how many watch officers U-boats normally had and what watch system they used?