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[SIZE=4]Industrial Allocation[/SIZE]
- 3/3 factories producing 3000t materials.
- 48t from stockpile.
- 3,048t materials total.
- 2,988t used.
- 60t stored for Q1/38.

[SIZE=4]Infrastructure Development[/SIZE]
N/A

[SIZE=4]Naval Construction[/SIZE]
at Varna:
- Type 2 drydock - Idle.
- Type 1 slip - KL-01X Tsaritsa Ioanna (experimental gunboat) laid down October 10th, 1937. 328 tons added in Q4, 0 tons remaining. Launched December 1st, 1937, will complete February 19th, 1938.
- Type 1 slip - Idle.
- Type 1 drydock - Idle.
- Type 0 slip - Tants-class tugboat Kopanitsa (SV-01) laid down October 20th, 1937. 235 tons required; 235 tons added Q4/37. Launched December 10th, 1937; will complete February 7th, 1938.

at Burgas:
- Type 0 slip - M4 Musala (minesweeper) laid down October 1st, 1937. 493 tons required; 493 tons added in Q4/1937. Launched November 24th, 1937, completed February 15th, 1938.
- Type 0 slip - M5 Ovcharets (minesweeper) laid down October 1st, 1937. 493 tons required; 493 tons added in Q4/1937. Launched November 24th, 1937, completed February 15th, 1938.
- Type 0 drydock - Idle.

from factories:
None

Dockside:
- KR-1 Kyustendil, 2,439 tons required, 650 tons added Q4, 489 tons remaining until completion. Laid down April 1st 1937; launched August 17th 1937, completes March 13th, 1938.
- R-2 Hrabri, 1,688 tons required, 263 tons added Q4, 0 tons remaining until completion. Laid down January 1st 1937; launched May 9th 1937, completed November 21st, 1937, begins trials.
- R-3 Strogi, 1,688 tons required, 263 tons added Q4, 0 tons remaining until completion. Laid down January 1st 1937; launched May 9th 1937, completed November 21st, 1937, begins trials.
- R-4 Bureni, 1,688 tons required, 263 tons added Q4, 0 tons remaining until completion. Laid down January 1st 1937; launched May 9th 1937, completed November 21st, 1937, begins trials.

On Trials
- R-1 Drazki on trials from May 21st to November 21st, 1937.
- R-2 Hrabri on trials from November 21st to May 21st, 1937.
- R-3 Strogi on trials from November 21st to May 21st, 1937.
- R-4 Bureni on trials from November 21st to May 21st, 1937.

[SIZE=4]Transactions[/SIZE]
None

[SIZE=4]Other Notes[/SIZE]
Four twin 13cm DP mountings and four twin and five single 8.8cm mountings are ordered for use in 1938.

[SIZE=4]Order of Battle (Royal Bulgarian Navy) end of Q4 1937[/SIZE]
Note: W(X)+Y(Z) = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction (- scrapping vessel)

Battleships:...........................1(0)0
Heavy Cruisers:.....................0(0)0
Cruisers:...............................3(0)0
Contradestroyers:..................0(0)1
Destroyers:...........................4(0)0
Torpedo boats:......................18(0)0
River Monitors:......................5(0)0
River Patrol Craft:..................5(0)0
Submarines:.........................1(0)0 (On trials in Atlantis)
Midget Submarines:...............2(0)0
Motor Torpedo Boats:............18(0)0
Riverine gun/torpedo boats:....80(0)0
Mine sweepers:.....................0(0)2
Auxiliaries:............................1(0)0
Tugboats:.............................0(0)1
Experimental:........................0(0)1

[SIZE=4]Summary[/SIZE]
Two new minesweepers of the Rila Mountains class are laid down for construction in Burgas. These minesweepers are named for the most notable mountains of the Rila Mountain range; the class should run at least twelve ships. The ships have special propellers for better maneuvering and acoustic performance, permitting them to double as submarine hunters.

The first of the Tants-class naval tugs, the Kopanitsa, is laid down in Varna. The Kopanitsa carries an antiaircraft battery of one 8x8cm AA gun and four Oerlikon 20mm machine guns. One further vessel is ordered for 1938 construction, with the possibility of further vessels to follow.

The experimental gunboat / submarine chaser Tsaritsa Ioanna is under construction in Varna. The Tsaritsa Ioanna is named for the current queen consort of Bulgaria, and will be armed with two 8.8cm guns and 20mm Oerlikons.

The destroyers Hrabri, Strogi, and Bureni have completed construction, and begin their six-month sea trials in late November, while the class leader, BVK Drazki, completes her trials in the same month and joins the fleet. Other ships on sea trials include the Atlantean-built submarine Delfi and the midget submarines PD-1 and PD-2, all of which are delivered by December of 1937.

Construction of the contradestroyer BVK Kyustendil continues apace, and preparations are made in Varna for the keel-laying of the second ship, tentatively named BVK Pazardzhik.