Crew
AFAIK actual Type XXI crew was something like this
6 Officers Commander, 2 x Watch Officers, Chief engineer, Watch engineer and Physician.
4 Chief petty officers (Diesel, E-Maschinist, Obersteuermann and Funkmeister)
1 Boatswain,
14 Petty officers (2 seem., 8 techn., 2 funktechn. and 2 torpedotechn.)
33 Seamen (12 seem., 16 techn., 3 funktech. and 2 torpedotech.)
Personally however I prefer to cut down the seamen to 28 (10 seem., 14 techn., 2 funktech. and 2 torpedotech) and leave out the physician. This way everyone can be rotated between watch duty and rest or simply kept at rest until needed; in the latter case this means I always have a reserve of men always fresh. Otherwise number can be increased to nominal; the the medical officer however is still better left out as there are only two rest slots for officers and besides they were in short supply in real life.
Last edited by Marcello; 10-05-13 at 07:30 AM.
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