Operating and loading a quintuple torpedo launcher

How many sailors operated and maintained a quintuple torpedo launcher?

Usually two or three operated it, and roughly twelve to twenty-four loaded it; a separate maintenance figure is not supplied.

Most quintuple launchers needed two or three sailors to aim and operate them, although arrangements differed between navies and mounting types. One person could handle the aiming wheel with others assisting. Loading required a much larger party, roughly twelve to twenty-four people. The size of that party depended on how many torpedoes were being loaded at once and how much manual work the mechanism required. These are operation and loading estimates; a separate maintenance complement is not given.