(TEC) How many planesmen?

[perisher]

Originally Posted by perisher

I do know that in a British sub the fore planes were manned at Diving Stations, when radical manoeuvring was expected, and Action Stations, as we call GQs. Otherwise they were not manned, they can be linked to the stern plane control wheel.

I may be wrong on this, I saw an old propaganda short today, Submarine On Patrol (Admiralty ref A 141). It stated that at watch diving both planes were manned. This was a T class boat. I have seen anecdotal evidence that suggests that this was not always the case.