Silent Hunter III Ch.15 (Field Day pt.11)

Implications.

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[jayw70]

A destroyer = 100 or 150 crew. This Polish one sank in four mintues. Asumming that about 20 to 50 crew survived.

a 400 ft frieghter carried about 200 crew/\. Assuming about 120 of them suvived since their ships sank slowly since you shelled them.

That passenger/ cargo carried 350 crew. Remember that R.M.S. Carpathia in 1912 crarried 400 passenger and crew because she was 543 feet long..

The ore tankers carried about 40 or 50..

I have to say estimating death are about 450 crew & passengers.

[Frontier359]

@jayw70 It seems rather excessive for a fully-loaded WW2 cargo ship to have more than 50 crew, especially given the enormity of the merchant navy and shortage of manpower.

The Carpathia, like the Athenia, was a dedicated passenger liner, with easily 2000 or more passengers. I would never dare to sink such a ship.

That vessel I observed in the video was a pretty small "Passenger/Cargo" ship. The fact that it was dark and part of an escorted convoy tells me it wasn't carrying passengers.

[deino117]

Great series. My dad was one of the sailors you would be attacking, ferrying aviation fuel across the Gulf of St Lawrence to the airbases in Labrador. He said it was a very tense time!

At the end of the war a U-Boat surrendered to his ship and he got to go aboard. He said the stench was incredible, as was the amazing German workmanship. To the end of his days he was in awe of the German submarines.

[Zachariahmiester]

@UniteTheLeft There's nothin' good about war, but there is good in why you fight wars. And war..... war never changes.

[DocterJones]

This LetsPlay has been a blast so far! Your definatly correct on being lucky to sink a whole convoy on account its early in the war. I do hope you continue to share your career with us as you progress. You certainly will have a large number of uploads by the time America joins the fight in a couple years.

I am a shipboard engineer myself so I always say a little something for the poor souls I hit with torpedo's. They are usually always going down with the ship.

[UniteTheLeft]

How do you feel about all the inncoent lives lost from the US wars/agressions around the world? Not to get off topic

[jayw70]

@Frontier359 It seems that you are right. I double checked my facts. I do apologize for my know-it-all attitude. It has been a long time that I checked in my ship books. I do sincerely apologize to you, sir..

Did you know that I had a replica of the blueprints of the Carpathia and a replica copy of The Shipbuilder that covers the Titanic and her sister ship, Olympic?

[GIR5467]

You'd better get a medal for this.

[jayw70]

It was indeed a good hunt, Sir. I do agree with you about lives lost if this was real life. Let's say a prayer for those souls.

Anyway, Frontier, I was a member of The Titanic Historical Society. You numbers on crew for each ship lost were too conservative . Here's why.