The part with the impatient young crew-members ("But the younger members of the crew, Stephan knew, must feel petrified") is not realitic for me. Everyone in an u-boat (even the cook) knows the basic tactics for u-boats to to shake off their pursuers. No one will feel presure from impatient crew-members(if there really exists), particularly not the u-boat commander.
If you are tracking and attacking an convoy everyone knows what happens next: you will go deep and will go for silent running a long time. So crew is well prepared for the long silent running period. Actual i doubt that an u-boat commander would risk his boot & crew because of the smelling of the toilet.
Actual after i read 1/3 of the story i knew the end of the story. There was no surprise for me that there was an attack from a catalina-aircraft because the first story part with the catalina is a cheat for the end of the story.
Nontheless interesting to read. I hope for more stuff.
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