This book is based largely on lectures for German students. The nucleus of the book was formed by lectures on ship seakeeping and ship manoeuvring, which I have taught for several years with Professor Heinrich S¨oding. I always felt that we should have a comprehensive textbook that would also cover resistance and propulsion, as ship seakeeping and manoeuvring are both interwoven strongly with the steady base flow. Many colleagues helped with providing material, allowing me to pick the best from their teaching approaches. A lot of material was written and compiled in a new way, inspired by these sources, the chapters on ship seakeeping and manoeuvring use extensive existing material. The first five chapters give an introduction to ship hydrodynamics, which is in my opinion suitable for teaching at a senior undergraduate level or even at a postgraduate level. It is thus also suitable for engineers working in industry. The book assumes that the reader has a solid knowledge of general fluid dynamics. In teaching, general fluid dynamics and specific ship hydrodynamics are often mixed but I believe that universities should first teach a course in general fluid dynamics which should be mandatory to most engineering students. There are many good textbooks on the market for this purpose. Naval architects should then concentrate on the particular aspects of their field and cover material more suited to their needs. This book is organized to support such a strategy in teaching.
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