WWI Naval Bibliography

Technology - Books (German)

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• --- Handbuch der Deutschen Marine (Kriegsausgabe)
  Keil, 1917.
  (courtesy of Maxwell Mulholland (BlauerMax@aol.com)). The title of this book in English is "Handbook of the German Navy (War Edition)". The book is over 600 pages long and could be considered a combination of an Imperial Navy "Naval Officer's Guide", "Bluejackets Manual", and "Ships and Aircraft" in one volume. This handy little guide is chock full of photos, line drawings, tables, charts, and graphs covering every imaginable aspect of the Imperial Germany Navy, from fleet organization, regulations, and uniforms to ship armor, propulsion, and weaponry. The book is just packed with useful information. The many sections include a developmental history of ships, seamanship, and nautical instruments, a history of the navy, and tables of dimensions, armor and armament for every major warship, submarine, and airship in the Imperial Navy. The book also contains a complete description of the Imperial Navy's shore support infrastructure (including bases, dockyards, and training installations). This book is extremely rare.
• Aichelburg, Wladimir Die K.u.K. Flotte 1900-1918
  Mittler u. S.; ISBN: 3704611263
  (courtesy of Maxwell Mulholland (BlauerMax@AOL.COM))
• Aichelburg, Wladimir; Baumgartner, Lothar; Bilzer, Franz Ferdinand; Pawik, Georg; Prasky, Friedrich; and Sieche, Erwin Die "Tegetthoff"-Klasse: Osterreich-Ungarns grosse Schlachtschiffe
  Munich: Bernard & Graefe Verlag, 1981.
  (courtesy of Steve McLaughlin)
• Baumgartner, Lothar and Erwin F. Sieche Die Schiffe der K.u.K. Kriegsmarine im Bild 1848-1918
  Mittler u. S.; ISBN: 3813205657
  Austro-Hungarian Warships in Photographs 1848-1918 (courtesy of Maxwell Mulholland (BlauerMax@AOL.COM))
• Brauer, Kapitanleutnant Otto Die Kreuzerfahrtn des Prinz Eitel-Freidrich"
  (Berlin) Ungust Scherl G.M.B.H., 1917.
  Small paperback which describes the cruise, from the conversion into an armed merchant cruiser in Tsingtau to eventual internment in Newport News, Virginia, for lack of coal. (Courtesy of Kevin Foster (kboatman@erols.com)).
• Brennecke, Jochen and Herbert Hader Panzerschiffe und Linienschiffe: 1860-1910
  Herford: Koehler, 1976, ISBN: 3782201167
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Breyer, Siegfried Die Kaiserliche Marine und ihre Grossen Kreuzer
  Friedb.: Podzun-Pallas, 1997, ISBN: 3790906034
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Breyer, Siegfried Die Panzerung der deutschen Kriegsschiffe
  (Marine-Arsenal). Friedb.: Podzun-Pallas, 1997. ISBN: 3790906026
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Breyer, Siegfried Leichte und mittlere Artillerie auf deutschen Kriegsschiffen
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine-Arsenal 7: Schlachtkreuzer der Kaiserlichen Marine (I), 1988.
  Photo collection of Von Der Tann, Moltke, Goeben, and Seydlitz. (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine-Arsenal 10 : Schlachtkreuzer der Kaiserlichen Marine (II), S.M.S. Lutzow und Folgebauten, 1989.
  Photo collection/drawings of Derfflinger, Mackensen, and Ersatz Yorck classes. (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine-Arsenal 17 : Die ersten Grosskampfschiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine (Nassau- und Helgoland-Klass), 1991. (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine-Arsenal 25 : Die Schlachtschiffe der Kaiser-Klass, 1993. (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine-Arsenal 26 : Die Schlachtschiffe der Konig-Klass, 1994. (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine Arsenal 29 : Die Schlachtschiffe der Bayern-Klass, 1994. (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine-Arsenal Sonderheft Band 10 : Alte deutsche Panzerkreuzer, 1995. (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Breyer, Siegfried Marine-Arsenal Sonderheft Band 15 : Die Kaiserliche Marine und ihre Grossen Kreuzer, 1997.
  More photos of German battlecruisers Von Der Tann through Hindenburg (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Evers, Heinrich. Kriegsschiffbau: Ein Lehr- und Hilfsbuch die Kriegsmarine
  second edition. Berlin, 1943.
  Reportedly has information on the design of the early German dreadnoughts. (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Forstmeier, Friedrich Deutsche Grosskampfschiffe 1915-1918; die Entwicklung der Typenfrage im Ersten Weltkrieg
  J. F. Lehmann (Munchen), 1970
  (Courtesy of Steve McLaughlin) I have a copy at home; it includes drawings of the ship, done by Seigfried Breyer -- not to mention dozens of other post-Jutland German designs for fast battleships, etc. (including some COURAGEOUS/GLORIOUS knock-offs). I believe most other publications get their information from this book.
• Freivogel, Zvonimir Tauchgang um das K.u.K. Schlachtschiff Szent Istvan
  Podzun-Pallas (1998).; ISBN: 3790906425
  Diving on the wreck of the Svent Istvan (courtesy of Maxwell Mulholland (BlauerMax@AOL.COM))
• Griessmer, Axel. Grossen Kruezer der Kaiserliche Marine 1906-1918.
  Book about the development of the "large cruisers" and battlecruisers of the IGN. Comparable to Friedman's series about U.S. Battleships (Naval Institute Press), although not as many photos (courtesy of Stuart Haller (seydlitz@sprynet.com)).
• Griessmer, Axel Linienschiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine 1906-1918: Konstruktionen zwischen Rustungskonkurrenz und Flottengesetz
  Bonn: Bernard & Graefe, 1999 ISBN: 3763759859
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Hallmann, Hans Der weg zum deutschen Schlachtflotten-Bau
  Stuttgart: W. Kohlhaus, 1933.
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Halpern, Paul Anton Haus - Austerreiches-Ungarns Grossadmiral
  Styria; ISBN: 3222125678
  (courtesy of Maxwell Mulholland (BlauerMax@AOL.COM))
• Hildebrand, Hans et al Die deutsche Kriegsschiffe
  (7 vols) Herford: Kohlers, 1979-1986.
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Hohenzollern, Franz Joseph, von "Emden": meine Erlebnisse auf S. M. Schiff "Emden"
  Leipzig: R. Eckstein Nachf., 1925.
• Koop, Gerhard "Die Grossen Kreuzer Von der Tann bis Hindenburg
  Bernard Graefe Verlag (ISBN 3-7637-5972-7)
  (courtesy of Maxwell Mulholland (BlauerMax@AOL.COM)) Gerhard Koop wrote a masterful, beautifully illustrated technical history of battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy. There is no more detailed book on the subject. This is a superb treatise on the design and operational history of "Schlachtkreuzer der Kaiserlichen Marine" (Battlecruisers of the Imperial Navy), but requires a strong understanding of technical German.
• Koop, Gerhard and Klaus-Peter Schmolke Die Linienschiffe der Bayern-Klasse
  Bonn: Bernard u. Gr., 1996.
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Koop, Gerhard and Klaus-Peter Schmolke Linienschiffe: Von der Nassau- zur Konig- Klasse
  Bonn: Bernard u. Gr., 1999.
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Koop, Gerhard and Klaus-Peter Schmolke Planmappe: Die Linienschiffe der Bayern- Klasse
  Bonn: Bernard u. Gr., 1996. ISBN: 3763759565
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Koop, Gerhard and Klaus-Peter Schmolke Planmappe: Linienschiffe der
  Nassau-Konig Klasse
  Bonn: Bernard u. Gr., 1999. ISBN: 3763759964
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin) -- invaluable for the ship modeller!
• Kroschel and Evers De Deutsche Flotte, 1848 - 1945,
  Lohse-Eissing Verlag, Wilhelmshaven, 1962-1974.
  (entry and comments courtesy of "Chuck" 9cwm@metronet.com)). "Try this for a complete list of ships from 1848 through 1945 I don't know if it is still in print, my copy was copyright 1962 and was the sixth printing in 1974... so I would say it was fairly popular and may still be available. My copy came from the book store at the Deutsche Museum in Munich. Has photos of each ship, technical data, historical information and as I noted, a complete list of ships. Down side: the book is in German, so one must be able to read some German to use it.
• Langensiepen, Nottelmann, Krussmann HALBMOND und KAISERADLER 1914 BIS 1918
  Koehler Verlag, 1999 (ISBN 3-8132-0588-6)
  (courtesy of Andreas von Mach (A.vMach@VMACH.M.ISAR.DE)) A history of the Turkish Navy and Merchant Marine.
• Makela, Matti E. Auf Den Spuren der Goeben
  Bernard & Graefe Verlag Munchen, 1979 (ISBN 3-7637-5217-X)
  (courtesy of Byron F. Angel (byron@trident-usa.com)). A slim volume by a respected Finnish authority on naval history. I have not had an opportunity to wade through the German language text, but a wonderful selection of photos is provided. Makela also wrote a 1936 biography of Souchon.
• Makela, Matti E. Das Geheimnis der Magedeburg
  Bernard and Graefe Verlag, Koblenz, 1984.
  (courtesy of Dave Alton)
• Plagemann, Volker Uebersee: Seefahrt und Seemacht im deutschen Kaiserreich
  CH Beck, 1988
  (courtesy of Max Mulholland) "Overseas: Seafaring and Naval Power in Imperial Germany"
• Sieche, Erwin Marine-Arsenal 14 : Die Schlachtschiffe der K. u. K. Marine, 1991.
  Podzun-Pallas.; ISBN: 3790904112
  (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Sieche, Erwin Marine-Arsenal 27 : Die Kreuzer der k. und k. Marine, 1994.
  Podzun-Pallas.; ISBN: 3790905062
  (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Sieche, Erwin Marine Arsenal 34 : Torpedoschiffe und Zerstorer der K. und K. Marine, 1996.
  Podzun-Pallas; ISBN: 3790905461
  (Courtesy of Michael Yuki (71045.1570@compuserve.com)).
• Schmalenbach, Paul Die Geschicte der deutschen Schiffsartillerie
  Herford: Kohler, 1968. 202 pp., illus., plans.
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Schmolke, Koop. Die Grossen Kruezer
  Book about German Battlecruisers (courtesy of Stuart Haller (seydlitz@sprynet.com)).
• Schultz, Willi Linienschiff Schleswig-Holstein: Flottendienst in drei Marinen
  Herford: Koehler, 1991 ISBN: 3782205022
  (courtesy of Stephen McLaughlin)
• Schmeltzkopf, Reinhart Die deutsche Handelsschiffahrt 1914-1919. Schifregister,Prisen- , Embargo- und Beuteschiffe
  Cuxhaven, 1981
  One of the best sources on the German seized vessels in WW I is (courtesy of Andreas von Mach)
• Schmeltzkopf, Reinhart Die deutsche Handelsschiffahrt 1914-1918. Schiffsregister, Liste sumtlicher der 500 BRT grossen Schiffe mit allen technischen und historischen Daten
  Cuxhaven 1981 (a few re-editions)
  One of the best sources on the German merchant navy in WW I. Private publication. List of all over 500 grt German merchant vessels of the period mentioned. (courtesy Andreas von Mach)
• zu Dohna-Schlodien, Korvettenkapitan a.D. Surgraf Der "Moewe" Fahrten und Ubenteuer
  Friedrich Undreas Perthes, 1927).
  Two commerce raiding cruises of the Moewe, an armed merchant cruiser converted from a liner. (Courtesy of Kevin Foster (kboatman@erols.com)).

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