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Old 02-16-14, 04:46 PM   #8
Marcello
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Originally Posted by Kielhauler1961 View Post
It puzzled me why the XXI required such a large crew if it's so advanced? Pffffff!
KH
Large boat with more equipment that had to be mantained. A normal boat would have just two electric propulsion engines. The XXI had four. A Type VII had 124 cells that had to be checked, refilled etc. A Type XXI had 372. And so on.
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