Number Of Crewmembers

[Tachyon]

Originally Posted by GreyBeard

From TGW's readme:

Known Issues

There is a well-known undocumented feature of Silent Hunter III that may result in no credit being
recorded for sunken ships. To avoid this Silent Hunter III behaviour:
1) Do not upgrade or change anything on your U-Boat on your first patrol of a new career before
leaving port.
2) On your following patrols do not upgrade your sub at the end of the patrol... wait until you are
about to leave for the next one. Remember:
In base at end of patrol=no upgrading;
In base just prior to patrol start=ok go ahead and upgrade it!

I may have misunderstood this, but that sounds to me like nothing should be upgraded on the very first patrol and I read that to mean crewman too. Am I right or not?

I think it's ok if you go ahead with crew members.

[AVGWarhawk]

I have no issues if I load up crew on first mission. It is equipment upgrades as Sailor Steve stated that creates an issue.

Like I stated, I get as many as I can. If we run out of food we can always offer one crew member up as a meal!!!! Hummmmmmmm, steak and potatoes tonight....anyone seen Friederick?

[Subwolf]

What do you think is the minimum number of crew in a VII? With 52 men there is a lot of work putting them to sleep all the time, I wish they could do this without my help :rotfl:

Well of course I can just install the no fatigue mod

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Subwolf

What do you think is the minimum number of crew in a VII? With 52 men there is a lot of work putting them to sleep all the time, I wish they could do this without my help :rotfl:

Well of course I can just install the no fatigue mod

I usually go with about 46

[Subwolf]

Yes, I'll dismiss some of the sailors when I return to base, don't need them all.

Originally Posted by Subwolf

What do you think is the minimum number of crew in a VII? With 52 men there is a lot of work putting them to sleep all the time, I wish they could do this without my help

In the early war years the typical Type VII carried a crew of 44. Four officers (captain, first watch officer, second watch officer & Engineer), ten NCOs (of which one was the navigator and one was the third watch officer) and thirty seamen (ratings or Lords as they were called). Some times a boat carried a Captain in Training to observe and at other times war correspondents were on board to photograph and to write propaganda stories for the home front.

As armament increased in the later years, crew were added to man the extra AA guns; also needed for replacement of those wounded or killed by aircraft while manning the AA flak guns.

[melnibonian]

I always go to sea with a fully manned boat

[Sgt Swanson]

I've learned to only carry as many as the number of working slots + damage control. Having more is not necessary as they don't do anything and you can't tade them up per se. And they don'y help with compartment efficency if they don't have any experience. And yes, I'm a lazy Captian, so I use the No Fatigue Mod. I think the game should have an Auto-Watch Rotate option, then there wouldn't be a need for a mod.

[Sailor Steve]

Overheard in the nightclub just the other night:

Kaleun Blackadder: "Now, midshipman, if I have 38 crewmembers and I add 12 crewmembers, what will I have?"

Midshipman Baldrick: "Umm...some crewmembers, Herr Kaleun!"

Kaleun Blackadder: "Once again, midshipman, if I have..."

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Sgt Swanson

I've learned to only carry as many as the number of working slots + damage control. Having more is not necessary as they don't do anything and you can't tade them up per se. And they don'y help with compartment efficency if they don't have any experience. And yes, I'm a lazy Captian, so I use the No Fatigue Mod. I think the game should have an Auto-Watch Rotate option, then there wouldn't be a need for a mod.

Apparently this looks like it is coming in SHIV.