Transferring torpedoes at sea
Another item which is not truely realistic is the receiving of a complete load of torpedos from a milk cow at sea.
A u-boat generally took on 2 or 3, or maybe 4 torpedoes from another boat. There were not enough on a supply ship for eveyone to receive a full load. Some u-boats even received a few torpedoes from a boat that was aborting to France with some left-overs.
The torpedoes were floated over with the help of a hugh number life jackets. The receiving boat had to trim its bow or stern so that it could come up under the floating torpedo and raise it out of the water. Then it had to be manhandled down the trough into the forward of aft torpeo room. Sounds like it was very time-consumming and dangerous, and the conditions would have to be just right for this type of transfer.
I have a large number of u-boat books and have read descriptions regarding the transfer of torpedoes in several of them. I do not have a specific reference at this moment.
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