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Closer to the bow, we see that the "driver" has a forward facing porthole, cf. a proper submarine …
A proper submarine
The commander of a proper submarine would be horrified at the thought of portholes and knows full well that the boat is controlled from amidships. This is HMS Oceleot, built in Chatham in 1960 and now back in Chatham on permanent display.