I think Uboat.net is wrong.. (food conversation)

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Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

11915 kg, if I'm not wrong - 12 tons.

I don't know if these numbers are correct.

BUT: today technologies of food preservation are much more developed. We crio-treat food, make powder edible after adding water and such miracles, that were rather not widely used during WW2. I think it is quite possible that their food was heavier - held in cans (thicker than ours), wet (preserved in varous kinds of fluids rather than by drying/vacuuming).

Also note that they needed to carry fresh water supply for whole their trip (sic!), while modern subs just "make" fresh water. Thist must have weighted additional tons.

WEll Water was not included in the weight that u-boat.net states..

It does mention that there is canned food.. But still. I just cannot believe they had that much for only 10 weeks.. that comes out to about 5-6lbs of food per person, every day.. 5 pounds a food?? Thats a lot! lol