I tried to find out the commands issued for a diving type VII boat (and put them in an order which to me seems more or less right). Below is what I found out (books & internet). I would be glad if someone could
correct my suggestion or add detail.
The German commands are spelled correctly, my English translations are surely not. So feel free to correct them or make them sound English.
Commander: "Prepare to dive!"
Kommandant: "Klarmachen zum Tauchen!"
Chief engineer: "Get ready to operate vents!"
LI: "Klar bei Entlüftungen!"
Ready confirmations from the differnt stations, like "Diesel ready", "E-propulsion ready", "Bow torpede room ready", ...
Klar-Meldungen der Stationen "Diesel klar", "E-Maschine bereit", "Bug-Torpedoraum klar", ...
Chief engineer to Commander: "Vents ready!"
LI an Kommandant: "Entlüftungen sind klar"
Watch officer: "Hatch closed!"
Wachoffizier: "Turmluk ist zu!"
Commander: "Flood (ballast tanks)!", LI passes the command to his men: "Flood balast tanks!".
Kommandant: "Fluten!", Bestätigung durch LI an seine Männer: "Fluten!"
Crew operating the levers of the ballast tank vents (to rapidly open the corresponding ballast tank vent and let water flood in): "Five!", "Three, both sides!", "One!"
Zentralegasten an den Entlüftungen der Tauchzellen: "Fünf!", "Drei beide Seiten!", "Eins!"
Chief engineer to Commander: "Vents are open!"
LI an Kommandant: "Entlüftungen sind auf!"
Dive Plane commands (angles of dive planes may vary depending on situation)
Chief engineer: "Bow planes down to the max - aft planes neutral" (is this English ???)
LI: "Vorn hart unten - achtern Mitte!"
According to Buchheim the sound level from the water which streams in is so high that the chief engineer has to raise its voice while he issues the dive plane commands.
Optional: "Aft section ready for dive, E-motors run ahead flank"
Meldung der Crew an den LI: "Hinterschiff ist tauchklar, E-Maschine läuft mit äußerster Kraft"
Later at about 15-20 meters depth the internal ballast tank is emptied (its flooded on the surface to allow for faster dive)
Chief engineer: "Empty internal ballast tank!"
LI: "Untertriebszelle lenzen!"
Even later: Chief engineer: "Close vents!"
LI: "Entlüftungen schließen!"
Actually I think you don't hear any confirmations like "Jawohl Herr Kaleun" (Yes sir!). As a confirmation the orders are sometimes repeated.
@Poul: I will send you some speech samples later. Since this is your sound mod, you decide what you take or leave. But I suggest you try to find some more speakers. Perhaps Nippelspanner is willing to help too, or some other German members of this forum.
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