Refueling at sea involved special equipment, and took many hours, so it probably wasn't practical to do at sea with a captured enemy vessel.
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U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface.
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