Kriegsschiffbau, Heinrich Evers

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:22 am

One of the great books about German naval engineering is the book: Kriegsschiffbau by Heinrich Evers, 1934-43, which was recommended to me by Peter K. several years ago. Most other books and articles on basic German Kriegsmarine engineering are based on this book. The author was an official advisor to the OKM and had decades of experience.

It is hard to believe that this book has resurfaced on a CD. http://cgi.ebay.de/Kriegsschiffbau-Ever ... dZViewItem

I recommend this books to you, although I do not know what copyrights may apply to them in various countries, when they are reproduced on CD's by persons unknown to me.

PS: The two volumes of the Wilhelm Hadeler (1968) books, by the same title: Kriegsschiffbau, are also indispensible and equally good.

Serg · Post by **Serg** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:22 am

Note that this book in the first place concentrated on the warship construction. The greater part of contents a quite academic and difficult to understanding for most peoples.

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:34 am

I have translated the part on the inclinig test (see 2.3.6 http://www.kbismarck.com/archives/index.html ). I have always been very poor in physics and mathematics, but at least this section on the inclining test in Evers is fairly straight forward. The book was written as a text for naval officer candidates and is, therefore, not overly technical. It is not intended as a text for naval architects.