Das Boot Mystique

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Which scene is that Steve,the part where his nerve went and he tried to open the hatch when they were submerged?

Yep. I've seen it somewhere before, and it feels like a cliche to me, not to mention the fact that the hatch opens outward and thus cannot be opened underwater.

Originally Posted by Randomizer

For novels, The Cruel Sea and Das Boot certainly deserve inclusion with great war fiction...

If you ever get the chance, read Monsarrat At Sea. It includes his original wartime writing, some short stories and the truth about The Cruel Sea.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...9&postcount=90