In the book "u boat war patrol" aptain "Teddy" Suhren managed it(in the Atlantic gap). The operation was not in any kriegsmarine manual. He rendevoued with a u-boat and her captin who was on his way home with a "belly" ache.:rotfl:Suhen wanted his torps.They attached (jury rigged) the hoist(used for removing the external torps) and lowered the torp into a life rart(or two).Even then i t was extremely heavy and had to be supported by life jackets.
No, getting it off the boat was no big deal, but bringing it on board a bit more difficult until Suhren hit upon the idea of using the boat itself, basically lowering the boat to decks "awash, bringing the torp over and the raising the boat again, voila, one torp on deck. if memory serves they did this with three torps, but the fourth wasn't attached to the life raft/jackets securly enough and it went to davy jones.
I really reccomment u boat war patrol, one of the best i have yet read, as the pictures were"liberated" from a base in france and have only recently seen the light of day, basicaly depicting life on board a u-boat during a cruise.
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