Bruno Tideman

Bruno Joannes Tideman
Born	1834
Died	11 February 1883
Allegiance	Netherlands
Service / branch	Royal Netherlands Navy
Rank	Chief engineer

Bruno Joannes Tideman (1834-1883) was a naval engineer in the Netherlands, ^{[1] [2]} who acted as consultant to the ship building industry. In 1873 he designed a new type of engine that enable ships to gain significant speed, which at the time was considered a revolutionary innovation. ^{[3] [4]}

On 11 February 1883 Tideman died at the age of 48 of a stomach ailment. ^[5]

A descendant, also Bruno Tideman, founded a new boatbuilding company Tideman Boats in 2006. Tideman boats builds high-speed workboats out of HDPE. ^[6]

References

1. "Overview: Bruno Joannes Tideman". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 April 2018. This source shows that Tideman is the subject of an article of 562 words in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History .
2. Walker, Fred M. (5 May 2010). "Bruno Joannes Tideman". Ships and Shipbuilders: Pioneers of Design and Construction. Seaforth. ISBN   9781783830404 . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. Hager, Willi (2014-03-21). Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000: Volume 2. CRC Press. p. 1318. ISBN   978-1-4665-5498-6.
4. Dirkzwager, J. M. (1970). Dr. B. J. Tideman, 1834-1883: Grondlegger van de moderne scheepsbouw in Nederland (in Dutch). Brill Archive.
5. Mariska Buitendijk (30 January 2025). "Bruno Joannes Tideman – A man of remarkably keen insight". SWZ|Maritime.
6. "Tideman since 1857". Tideman Boats. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

Further reading

• Dirkzwager, J. M. (1970). Dr. B. J. Tideman, 1834-1883: Grondlegger van de moderne scheepsbouw in Nederland (in Dutch). Brill.

External links

• Posthumous portrait of Tideman