Number Of Crewmembers

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..."

[Sgt Swanson]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Are you trying to say our sailors flunked out of school and that's why we got them and not the SS?

[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.

[d@rk51d3]

If I remember correctly, there are 3 shifts to organise, and they then roatate automatically. Sounds like a good idea to me.

[TarJak]

Youre right. It looks interesting. I also wonder if you will be able to switch it off in vanilla or if it will take a mod.

[irish1958]

AVGWarHawk has finally found a good use for Bernard