The U-boat Crew

This is a set of pages which shows what the several crewmember of an U-Boat done and which training they got. When these pages are complete in the next weeks they will have provided a complete set of information on how the crew of each U-boat was built-up and explain the duties and training of each man on board.


Kommandant (Commander)
Leitender Ingenieur (LI) (Chief engineer)
Wachoffizier (Watch officer, exec officer)
Obersteuermann (Chief Quartermaster)
Obermaschinist (warrant machinist)
Bootsmann (chief boatswain mate)
Seemännisches Personal (nautical personnel)
Technisches Personal (technical personnel)
Zentrale-Personal (control room personnel)
Funk-Personal (radio personnel)
Torpedo-Personal (torpedo personnel)
Artilleriemechaniker-Personal (gunnery mechanical personnel)
Koch, 'Smutje' (cook)

Additional crewmembers
Bordarzt, Sanitätsmaat (doctor)
Flak Personal (anti aircraft personnel)
PK-Leute (war correspondent)
Meteorologe (meteorologist)
B-Dienst (intelligence personnel)

'Guests' on board

Captives
Evacuated personnel
Fished pilots (friendly and not)
Rescued U-boat crews
Rescued ship crews
Agents
Specialists
Subhas Chandra Bose (an Indian political activist)