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His crew reacted happy and excited.
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No. On a 1994 expedition, Fred Shannon's team observed a crew member wearing a life jacket outside of the wreck itself. This is the only known sighting of a crew member. The families of the crew members consider the wreck a grave site, and the final resting place of their loved ones.
The ship called the HMS Blazer. The captain ordered blue jackets for all crew members and the idea caught on.
Not sure about WWI, but for WWII: "The crew numbers aboard a U-boat varied greatly between different U-boat types and the mission it was undertaking. A Type II U-boat comprised of 25 officers and seamen, while a Type VII housed approximately 45. A Type IX had about 50 and Type XXI had a 57 man crew."