Editing Hellmuth Walter (section)

== Post-war career ==

The end of the war saw all of his research materials confiscated by the British military and Walter and his colleagues taken to the [[United Kingdom|UK]] to work for the [[Royal Navy]]. With Walter's co-operation, one of the German submarines using his drive, the [[Unterseeboot 1407|U-1407]] was raised from where it had been scuttled and re-commissioned as [[HMS Meteorite|HMS ''Meteorite'']]. The Royal Navy constructed two more submarines using AIP engines before abandoning research in this direction in favour of [[nuclear power]].

Allowed to return to Germany in 1948, Walter worked for the Paul Seifert Engine Works. In 1950 he emigrated to the [[United States]] and joined the [[Worthington Pump Corporation]] of [[Harrison, New Jersey]], eventually becoming vice president of research and development. In 1956 he founded the company Hellmuth Walter GmbH in Kiel, and in 1967 constructed a civilian submarine, STINT, with Walter propulsion.<ref>{{cite book | last = Vitzthum| first = Wolfgang | title = Der Rechtsstatus des Meeresbodens | publisher = Duncker & Humblot | year = 1972 | page = 102 | isbn = 3-428-02715-9 }}</ref>