The Schnorchel: A Short-Lived Engineering Solution to Scientific Developments

Abstract

D.B. Welbourn spent most of the post-war year in Germany as a Lt-Cdr. (El) RNVR investigating German Naval engineering. He wrote this paper in 1949 when he was working for W.H. Allen Sons and Co. Ltd, developing auxiliaries for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty was interested in publishing the information contained in it. The paper was essentially complete when he left Allen’s for a fi rm which was totally unconnected with Naval work. As a result, it got put aside and has only now been completed by Tim Crichton.