(The)U-boat : the evolution and technical history of German submarines

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Foreword by Ulrich Gabler = 7
• Preface = 9
• 1 : Origins of the U-boat = 10
• The evolution of German submarine construction = 10
• The inventive genius of Wilhelm Bauer = 10
• The Howaldt diving-boat = 14
• Krupp, d'Equevilley and Forelle = 15
• The Imperial Navy and U-boat construction to the First World War = 17
• The decision to build = 17
• U-boat development and construction, 1906-10 = 21
• Setbacks about 1911 = 25
• The adoption of diesel engines = 25
• U1-U16 compared = 26
• Single-system propulsion = 31
• The U-boat's r$$\hat o$$1e and construction plans, 1912 = 32
• D'Equeuilley's steam／caustic-soda drive = 32
• The U-Boat Inspectorate = 33
• Germaniawerft export submarines = 35
• 2 : U-boat construction during the First World War = 38
• Construction at the beginning of the war = 38
• Coastal U-boats : Types UB and UC = 39
• Dry storage minelayers : Type UE = 44
• Planning and construction, 1915-16 = 47
• Enlarged coastal U-boats : Types UBⅡ and UCⅡ = 50
• Larger U-boats and Type UBⅢ = 54
• U-boat planning, January 1916 = 63
• Building contracts for 1917 = 65
• Cargo U-boats and U-cruisers = 67
• Deutschland Class = 67
• U-cruisers : Projects 46 and 46a = 71
• Armoured U-cruisers : Projects 47 and 50(K44) = 73
• Construction after the declaration of unrestricted warfare = 75
• Production problems and the Scheer Programme = 80
• 3 : Foundations of the new U-boat arm, 1925-1935 = 88
• Experimental projects abroad, 1925-32 = 88
• Avoiding the submarine ban : IvS = 88
• Clandestine organizations and plans = 89
• Medium submarines for Turkey and Finland = 90
• The Spanish project : E1 = 91
• The 'Lilliput' project : CV707 = 93
• Mobilization contingency plans to 1932 = 97
• Preparations for new construction 1932-35 = 97
• The Reconstruction Programme of 1932 = 97
• Preparations to build Types ⅠA and ⅡA = 99
• Other requirements : Types Ⅲ-Ⅶ = 100
• 4 : U-boat construction from 1935 to 1939 = 102
• The Replacement Programme of 1935 = 102
• U-boat design developments : Types Ⅸ, ⅦB and Ⅹ-XII = 103
• The evolution of Type Ⅸ = 103
• Improvements to Type Ⅶ : Type ⅦB = 105
• Larger U-boat designs : Types Ⅹ-XII = 110
• Construction plans to 1939 and the future of the U-boat = 114
• The Z-Plan of January 1939 = 114
• Mobilization contingency plans, 1933-39 = 118
• F$$\ddot u$$rbringer and D$$\ddot o$$nitz on U-boat tactics and defence = 120
• 5 : War construction, experience and development, 1939-1943 = 122
• Construction programmes and problems, 1939-43 = 122
• The Enlarged Programme of October 1939 = 122
• Problems : the Restricted Programme = 124
• Problems : delivery quotas, 1941-42 = 126
• Building U-boats : the construction sequence = 130
• U-boats for the Black Sea = 142
• War experience : torpedoes, detection and protection = 143
• Torpedoes = 143
• Underwater detection and protection = 144
• Projects and developments, 1939-43 = 146
• Type ⅦD = 146
• Types ⅨD₁ and ⅨD₂ = 150
• Type XIII = 151
• Types XIV-XVI = 151
• Developments based on Type ⅦC : C／41, C／42 and C／43 = 154
• Supply U-boats : Type ⅦF = 161
• 6 : The development of single-drive U-boats = 168
• The Walter process = 168
• The evolution of Types XVIIB, XVIIG and XXII = 172
• The development of Type XVIII = 178
• The exhaust-gas closed-cycle process = 182
• Development at FKFS, 1940-43 = 182
• Trials at Deschimag and Germaniawerft : Type XVIIK = 183
• 7 : The move to high submerged speed = 188
• Surfaced U-boats : problems and solutions = 188
• Improved anti-aircraft armament = 188
• The high-frequency war = 196
• The schnorkel = 198
• New U-boat types, 1943 = 204
• Transport U-boats : Type XX and alternatives = 204
• The electro-boat : Type XXI = 208
• The coastal electro-boat : Type XXIII = 209
• The Fleet Construction Programme of 1943 = 210
• D$$\ddot o$$nitz replaces Raeder = 210
• More steel, more U-boats = 211
• The OKM Construction Programme of July 1943 = 212
• 8 : The change to Type XXI and XXIII construction = 214
• The production line system = 214
• Otto Merker and sectional construction = 214
• The Ingenieurb$$\ddot u$$ro Gl$$\ddot u$$ckauf(IBG) = 216
• Section construction for Type XXI = 217
• Section construction for Type XXIII = 219
• The assembly sequence for Type XXI = 224
• Shelters for U-boat building = 231
• U-boat development, autumn 1943 to early 1944 = 234
• New ideas for coastal boats : Types XXV and XXVIII = 234
• Side torpedo tubes : Types XXIV, XXIB and XXIC = 234
• Walter Type XXVI = 235
• U-tanker alternatives = 238
• U-transport alternatives = 239
• 9 : Construction in the twilight of defeat = 240
• Bottlenecks, shortages and air raids = 240
• The Type XXI programme = 240
• The Type XXIII programme = 245
• The Type XXVI programme = 246
• Allied air raids = 248
• The final programmes, 1944-45 = 254
• The Construction Programme of 1 June, 1944 = 254
• 'The Restricted Immediate Programme' = 259
• The terminal phase = 261
• Survey of programmes and actual deliveries of Type XXI = 265
• 10 : U-boat development at the end of the war = 266
• New boats on trials = 266
• The Walter-boats = 266
• Type XXI = 272
• Type XXIII = 275
• Unfinished projects = 277
• Electro-boat Projects XXIX to XXXI = 277
• Schnorkel Project 'T$$\ddot u$$mmler' = 278
• Closed-cycle projects : Type XXIXK = 280
• Type XXXIII = 280
• Type XXXIV = 281
• Oxygen-fed turbine boats : Types XXXV and XXVI = 282
• Postscript : German influence in the post-warera = 283
• 11 : Small and midget U-boats = 284
• Realized midget U-boats = 284
• Midget U-boats Hecht and Seehund(Type XXVII) = 285
• One-man boats : Biber, Neger, Marder and Molch = 290
• Projected designs = 292
• Type XXXII = 292
• Seeteufel = 292
• Closed-cycle Seehund = 294
• Biber Ⅱ and Ⅲ = 296
• Delphin = 297
• Type XXVIIF and Schwertwal = 299
• Manta = 301
• 12 : Submarine development in the German Federal Republic from 1955 to 1974 = 302
• Classes 201 and 202 = 302
• Stopgaps : Hai, Hecht and Wilhelm Bauer = 305
• Construction of Class 205 = 308
• Classes 206 and 208 = 312
• Export submarines : Classes 207 and 209 = 317
• Postwar single-drive propulsion schemes = 323
• Non-military submarines = 324
• Appendices = 327
• Specifications section = 328
• U-boat specifications, 1906-1918 = 328
• U-boat specifications, 1935-1945 = 334
• Midget U-boat specifications, 1944-1945 = 343
• Torpedo types of the Imperial German Navy at the beginning of the First World War = 344
• 53cm torpedoes up to 1945 = 344
• U-boat specifications, 1960-1974 = 346
• Plans section = 348
• Type ⅦB(1940), outboard profile and plan = 348
• Type ⅦB, inboard profile and deck plan = 350
• Type ⅦC(1944), inboard profile and outboard deck plan = 352
• Type ⅦC(1944), deck plans = 354
• Type ⅨD₂, inboard profile, deck plans and sections = 356
• Type XVIIG, inboard profile and deck plan = 358
• Type XXI, inboard profile and deck plan = 360
• Type XXI, sections = 362
• Type XXI, hull form = 364
• Type XXIII, inboard profile, deck plans and sections = 366
• Class 240, inboard profile and deck plans = 368
• Type XXVI, inboard profile and deck plans = 370
• List of abbreviations = 371
• Glossary of German technical terms = 372
• Select bibliography = 375
• Index = 377