the ship was bow down, due to the fore-end being flooded
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As the torpedo struck her forward magazine, the explosion blew away all the fore-end structure below the waterline.
The rooms at the forward end of B-deck were ventilated by windows while the passageways were ventilated by the windows at the fore-end.
On the main deck from forward: fish handling area with trawl winch at fore-end and a deckhouse.
The design for the fore-end of the submarine had to be married to the American stern, where the machinery spaces were so crowded that scale models were built to ensure that all would fit together.
I came out on the quarter-deck and, going forward, I was met by the profound silence of the fore-end of the ship.