I also think the pic was taken dockside.....I posted it only to show what the open hatch looks like.
There is a nice description about reloading external reserves from another U-Boat...they floated the eels from one sub to another by putting 10 or 11 life vests around them....the recipient put its decks awash in order let the torps float gently above it.....when in the right place the boat surfaces and another eel can be hoisted onboard!
They repeated this procedure a couple of times....when they wanted to transfer the last torpedo, they found that the life vests had deflated.....the torp was too heavy and sunk to the bottom...
Nicely described with lots of pictures in : U boat war patrol...the hidden photographic diary of U-564
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