The Type VII U-Boat (Anatomy of the Ship)

The Type VII U-Boat (Anatomy of the Ship) by Westwood, David. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781591148869.

The Type VII U-boat was the backbone of the fighting strength of Nazi Germanys U-boats at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. The first submarine sinking of the war was by a Type VII boat, and some of the most dramatic events of the first year of the war involved a Type VII - the sinking of HMS Courageous by U29 in the Atlantic in September 1939 and the sinking of HMS Royal Oak by U47 in Scapa Flow a few weeks later. The Anatomy of the Ship series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ships service history.