A torpedo is being loaded on an early type VII sub U 35. Note the special folding slipway earmarked for this purpose. A torpedo with a combat warhead is being loaded onto U 331 commanded by Ritter Kreuztrager (Knight of the Knight's Cross of Iron)Hans Dietrich von Tiesenhausen, who sank the British battleship HMS Barham in the Mediterranean. The sophisticated operation of lowering a torpedo into a VIIC U-boats loading hatch. A special carriage is used to transport a torpedo from the depot to the U-boat. A torpedo is being loaded onto a U-boat inside the bunker of a French coastal base.