My Library, Nederland
‘DiveScrap’Index
the scrapbook of diving history
1945 / 1950 DUIKEN
Voorlopig voorschrift nr 1950 DUIKEN. Soft cover. 34 pages with text plus 12 original photographs as illustrations. Not dated but believed to be the first dutch army diving manual from after WW2
Dutch Military Diving Manuals
1961 DUIKERAPPARATUUR en GEREEDSCHAPPEN
Hard cover book. ‘Diving Apparatus and Tools’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy Mine Disposal service. 5 chapters:
I- Tools
II- Diving Apparatus
III- Maintenance of the Diving Apparatus
IV- Diving Apparatus and Tools
V- Miscellany
1966 LEIDRAAD voor de BEHANDELING van DUIKERZIEKTEN
Hard cover book. ‘Treating divers diseases’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy. 30 pages
1976 HANDLEIDING voor de DUIKER
Hard cover book. ‘Manual for the Diver’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy.
1976 HANDLEIDING voor de SCHEEPSDUIKER
Hard cover book. ‘Manual for the Ship-Diver’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy.
1968 HANDLEIDING DUIKBEDRIJF voor DUIKERS DER 1e KLASSE
Hard cover book. ‘Manual for 1st class Divers’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy.
1967 HANDLEIDING voor HULPDUIKERS
Hard cover book. Published by the Royal Dutch Navy ‘Manual for Divers-Assistant’
1979
Hard cover book. ‘Manual for the Ship-Diver’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy
1986 HANDLEIDING KIKVORSMAN
Soft cover book. ‘Manual for the Frogman’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy.
19?
Hard cover book. ‘Master Diver New Style’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy. Looks like an ‘early computer print’, I have not been able to find a date in the book.
200? KONINKLIJKE MARINE ( Diving Manual )
Hard cover book. Recent Diving Manual for the Royal Dutch Navy. Full color computer print.
Other Dutch Diving Books and Manuals
1967 AANWIJZINGEN VOOR HET VEILIG DUIKEN
Soft cover book. Published by an institute that inspects work environments / controls safety regulations. 28 pages. B&W illustrations.
1982 HANDLEIDING voor de DUIKER
Hard cover book. ‘Manual for the Diver’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy.
1843 BOUWKUNDIGE BIJDRAGEN
Hard cover book. First edition. Oldest account of diving with a dutch Bikkers Diving Equipment. This account I translated in English and can be read in the chapter: http://www.divescrap.com/DiveScrap_INDEX/History_Bikkers.html Under ‘An architect writes about diving apparatus manufactured by ‘Bikkers’
1844 BOUWKUNDIGE BIJDRAGEN
Hard cover book. Second edition. Oldest account of diving with a dutch Bikkers Diving Equipment. This account I translated in English and can be read in the chapter: http://www.divescrap.com/DiveScrap_INDEX/History_Bikkers.html Under ‘An architect writes about diving apparatus manufactured by ‘Bikkers’
1861 GEBRUIK van den helmduikertoestel aan boord der schepen
Hard cover book. Many articles of nautical interest. 1 article on diving of 11 pages with a large fold-out engraving showing the french Cabirol diving apparatus ( see second photograph ) The article seems to be a shorter version and translation of the french book ‘DU SCAPHANDRE et de son emploi a bord des navires’ from M. L. Du Temple ( see my library France )
1867 DUIKTOESTELLEN
Hard cover book. Contains an article of 12 pages on diving together with many other articles of technical interest. Most interesting story about the purchase, import and testing of the english Dean diving apparatus in Holland. Parts of this article and illustrations have been used for the chapter: http://www.divescrap.com/DiveScrap_INDEX/Deane.html
1913 DIJK- EN OEVERWERKEN VAN GEWAPEND BETON
Hard cover book. 1 chapter on diving but an interesting one with illustrations of the Bikkers diving equipment, these illustrations are taken from Bikkers sales catalogues. See: http://www.divescrap.com/DiveScrap_INDEX/LIBRARY_Bikkers.html
1968 Duikverhalen
Soft cover book. ‘Divers Stories’. Often hilarious stories told by veteran divers. Written by the chief of the Diving Department of the Royal Dutch Navy, Lieutenant F. G. A. Woudstra.
2002 Who the fuck is Frans van Es?
Soft cover book. 198 pages. Written by ( the now famous ) Frans van Es who tells in his own language about his career as a dutch navy diver. No illustrations.
1954
Soft cover book. Not very interesting except for 1 page where it has a nice little advertisement from the Rotterdam Diving Company ‘W. A. van den Tak’ ( which became Smit - Tak later on )
1956 de koperen helm
Hard cover book. ‘The Copper Helmet’. By Barend Maaskant. It tells the story of the famous dutch family of divers ‘Sperling’. This is the first edition printed in 1956. Under the dust wrapper it has a beautiful designed gold imprint of a Siebe, Gorman & Co Ltd. 6 bolt helmet, which is the 4 light version with Draeger ‘loops’ on the breastplate as used by the Royal Dutch Navy.
1956 de koperen helm
Hard cover book. ‘The Copper Helmet’. By Barend Maaskant. It tells the story of the famous dutch family of divers ‘Sperling’. This is the second edition, also from 1956
1997 De Koperen Helm
Hard cover book. ‘The Copper Helmet’. By Barend Maaskant. It tells the story of the famous dutch family of divers ‘Sperling’. This is the third edition, printed in 1997.
1966 VERDRONKEN VERLEDEN
Hard cover book. 126 pages. Under water archeology. Written by Ferdinand van Leeuwen
1967 TUSSEN ZEESTERREN EN AMPHORA’S
Hard cover book. 509 pages. A Diving Manual written by the chief of the Diving Department of the Royal Dutch Navy, Lieutenant F. G. A. Woudstra. Many B&W illustrations of hard hat, and SCUBA equipment.
1958 DIEZEEDUIKEN
Small size hard cover book. Written by Ferdinand van Leeuwen. 11 x 15 cm, 64 pages. This book is also available from the book shop:
http://www.deepseaclassifieds.com/Classifieds/souvenirs_Books_shop_INTERNATIONAL.html
1990 Archeologie onder water
Hard cover book. Written by Thijs van Maarleveld and E.J. van Ginkel. 160 pages. Many illustrations.
2005 DUIKEN in de geschiedenis
Hard cover book. Written by Ronald Vreijsen. 256 pages on the international history of diving. An interesting book with many illustrations.
2004 HUILGRENS
Soft cover book. 192 pages. B&W illustrations. Memories of a diver with the navy and army from 1954 to 1994. Written by Rob Rademaker. He was the commander of the Dutch Army Divers school when I served with the army engineers in 1983 / 1984. When the stories told by the guys in the divers platoon are true about how hard his training was, then mr. Rademakers still risks to be brought up for the court of justice for ‘war crimes in peace time’
:o)
From groups of 30 new trainees of only 2 or 3 made it till the end of the divers training ... The title of Rademakers book HUILGRENS is hard to translate but HUIL means ‘to cry’ GRENS means ‘border’ ( the moment where you start crying )
1998 Scheepsbergers in actie op de Westerschelde
Hard cover book. Written by Martin and Ellen de Vriend. The story of the Dutch salvage company ‘Van den Akker’ from Vlissingen. 200 pages, many illustrations.
1980 Berging van de eeuw
Soft cover book. 104 pages. Written by Peter Gerritse. ‘Salvage of the century, Dutch salvors in the hell of Whiddy Island’. Rather an album then a book.
1975 DUIKEN
Soft cover book. 12 pages with rather basic info on diving, a booklet for kids.
1964 HANDLEIDING voor SCHEEPSDUIKERS
Hard cover book, 42 pages A4 ‘Manual for the Ship-Diver’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy.
1956. Wrakken in Flevoland
Soft cover booklet meant for schools libraries. 16 pages. bw illustrations.
1956. Oudheidkunde onder de Zee
Soft cover booklet meant for schools libraries. 16 pages. bw illustrations.
1958. Onder Water Zwemmen
Soft cover booklet. 36 pages. bw illustrations.
1959. Diepgaand Onderzoek naar de Brittenburg
Soft cover booklet meant for schools libraries. 16 pages. bw illustrations.
1977. Dolfijnen bij de Marine
Soft cover book. 352 pages. Translation to Dutch from the 1973 American edition ‘Marine Mammals an Man’
1964. Dieptevaart
Soft cover booklet meant for schools libraries. 16 pages. bw illustrations.
1969. Nederlandse Scheepswrakken op de Australische Westkust
Soft cover booklet meant for schools libraries. 16 pages. bw illustrations.
2022 Olke Arnoldus Uhlenbeck, ‘From Navy Diver to Vice-Admiral’
Soft cover book written by Alan Lemmers and published by the ‘Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie’. 181 pages on O.A.Uhlenbeck, a Dutch Navy officer who imported the first English ‘Deane’ Divers Apparatus for the Dutch government and then became the first Navy helmet diver in the Netherlands. Uhlenbeck also established the first military diving school in the Netherlands. An interesting book with many illustrations of which some were supplied by this website.
1985 HANDLEIDING voor de DUIKER
Hard cover book. ‘Manual for the Diver’ Published by the Royal Dutch Navy.