Accuracies

This film has several accuracies and does a good job showing the harsh living conditions of the people at sea.

• How tight the spaces are, with people and equipment
• Food is everywhere(in machine rooms, beds)
• That food did become low and they had to be desperate and eat the moldy food
• How quickly disease spread(example Crabs), from living in such closed spaces
• People slept where ever they could and shared beds and hang from anywhere
• How horrible it is when they flood and can’t escape from the ship and await a painful death of lack of Oxygen.

New Technology

• Sonar used to detected
• That Uboats could go very deep and be hidden
• Knowledge of how to rebuild the uboat

Horrors

• Being attacked and having everything flood and catch fire
• Being shaken around
• Injuries(from being shaken)
• Crew members bullying one another
• Mental health is affected and it’s shown by the drunk Captain at the beginning
• Being under a very stressful situation, especially when they are under attack and the Germans can’t see where the British will attack from
• Also worry over if the ship can handle the pressure
• Being attacked by bolts
• People being violent from isolation(when the men discover they aren’t going back to their port
• Man having a breakdown
• Getting stuck and sinking