Type VII U-boat "Workshop Manual" Coming In October

Subnuts · 05-11-14, 05:59 PM

I was looking through Haynes' catalog of upcoming books and found this:

Jokey concept aside, I actually really enjoy this series of books, and although they aren't really "workshop manuals" in the truest sense, they're generally filled with obscure technical stuff you don't usually see in other books. They're the kind of books you buy if you want to know what sized screws were used by Routemaster buses, what a Spitfire's wheelbrakes looked like, how to start the engines on a Lancaster bomber, how to drive a Tiger tank, what the different autopilot modes on a 747-400 do, how often you should change the photon torpedo launcher on a Klingon Bird of Prey...basically stuff you'll never need to know in day-to-day life, but are fascinating anyway.

Still, I'm kinda confused if this book if about the Type VII, or German U-boats in general. The description and the cut-away on the cover suggest it's about the VII, the "1906 onwards" and "German submarine fleet" seem to suggest it's about every U-boat Germany has ever built. I'm hoping it just focuses on the VII in detail, with lots of technical diagrams and detailed descriptions of the boat's systems. If it tried to cover every type of U-boat since 1906, it would just be another coffee-table book with limited re-readability value. Guess I'll just wait and see.

Sailor Steve · 05-11-14, 07:34 PM

It specifies the Type VII-C in the second paragraph, and especially U-995, so I'm guessing it's limited to that one sub-type.* If it goes into the kind of detail you mentioned regarding their other books, I'll probably have to get one as well.

* All puns are strictly unintentional, and should not be confused with real or even fake jokes.

Jimbuna · 05-14-14, 06:11 AM

Looking forward to it

nikimcbee · 05-14-14, 09:53 AM

Now they need a "Dummies Guide to U-Boats."

When you crash dive, make sure the hatch is closed.

Subnuts · 05-14-14, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Now they need a "Dummies Guide to U-Boats."

When you crash dive, make sure the hatch is closed.

The HMS Victory manual tells you how to rig a temporary rudder, raise and lower anchors, prepare a cannon for firing, remove and refit the capstan, use the portable forge, tack and wear ship, and get the ship ready for sea, among other things. It's actually one of the most enjoyable naval history books I've read in recent years.

Platapus · 05-14-14, 07:34 PM

Just in time for christmas shopping too.

05-11-14, 05:59 PM	#1
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Type VII U-boat "Workshop Manual" Coming In October I was looking through Haynes' catalog of upcoming books and found this: Jokey concept aside, I actually really enjoy this series of books, and although they aren't really "workshop manuals" in the truest sense, they're generally filled with obscure technical stuff you don't usually see in other books. They're the kind of books you buy if you want to know what sized screws were used by Routemaster buses, what a Spitfire's wheelbrakes looked like, how to start the engines on a Lancaster bomber, how to drive a Tiger tank, what the different autopilot modes on a 747-400 do, how often you should change the photon torpedo launcher on a Klingon Bird of Prey...basically stuff you'll never need to know in day-to-day life, but are fascinating anyway. Still, I'm kinda confused if this book if about the Type VII, or German U-boats in general. The description and the cut-away on the cover suggest it's about the VII, the "1906 onwards" and "German submarine fleet" seem to suggest it's about every U-boat Germany has ever built. I'm hoping it just focuses on the VII in detail, with lots of technical diagrams and detailed descriptions of the boat's systems. If it tried to cover every type of U-boat since 1906, it would just be another coffee-table book with limited re-readability value. Guess I'll just wait and see. __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

05-11-14, 07:34 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	It specifies the Type VII-C in the second paragraph, and especially U-995, so I'm guessing it's limited to that one sub-type.* If it goes into the kind of detail you mentioned regarding their other books, I'll probably have to get one as well. * All puns are strictly unintentional, and should not be confused with real or even fake jokes. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-14-14, 06:11 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looking forward to it __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-14, 09:53 AM	#4
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Now they need a "Dummies Guide to U-Boats." When you crash dive, make sure the hatch is closed. __________________

05-14-14, 07:34 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Just in time for christmas shopping too. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.