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Q1 1942 Activity

Brazil
7/7 factories producing naval materials: 7000 tons created for Q1/42. 7000 total tons + 679 stockpiled from previous quarter + 0 tons from scrapping = 7679 tons

7261 tons used. 418 tons left for Q2/42

0/7 factories committed for Quarter to infrastructure development = 0.0i.p.
0/7 factories committed for Year to infrastructure development

B. Infrastructure Development
0.1 ip to factory + 0.0

C1. Naval Construction

Rio de Janeiro:
Class 3 Slipway: Idle
Class 1 Slipway: DD-37 Santos de Espar laid down Q1/42, 1650/1650 tons required. 412t added Q1/42. 1238t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: SS B-4 laid down Q1/42, 1470/1470 tons required. 367t added Q1/42. 1103t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: SS B-5 laid down Q1/42, 1470/1470 tons required. 367t added Q1/42. 1103t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: Idle
Class 3.5 Drydock: Scraping Salvador Class Destroyer
Class 3 Drydock: Scraping Sub Tender Ceará

Dockside: DD-36 Gramamae laid down Q2/41, 239/1586 tons required. 239t added Q1/42. 0t needed. Completes

Macapa:
Class 1 Slipway: DD-38 Goiás II laid down Q1/42, 1650/1650 tons required. 412t added Q1/42. 1238t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: DD-39 Onça II laid down Q1/42, 1650/1650 tons required. 412t added Q1/42. 1238t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: DD-40 Leão II laid down Q1/42, 1650/1650 tons required. 412t added Q1/42. 1238t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: DD-41 Rio Grande do Sul II laid down Q1/42, 1650/1650 tons required. 412t added Q1/42. 1238t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: APA-1 Caridade laid down Q1/42, 2195/2195 tons required. 548t added Q1/42. 1647t needed.
Class 1 Slipway: Idle
Class 0 Drydock: Idle
Dockside: Idle

Manaus:
Class 0 Slipway: Idle
Class 0 Slipway: Idle
Class 0 Drydock: Idle
Class 0 Drydock: Idle

C2. Ships on shakedown cruises:

1st Three Months

DD-35 Grande

2nd Three Months

BC Sao Paulo
DD-34 Ferro
SS B-3

D. Transactions

1680t to Germany for BC Rio de Janeiro
2000t to Greece for CV Anatolia

E. Other Notes

Report may be updated for errors.
Salvador, F, and Margay classes removed from active inventory
Sub Tender Ceará removed from active inventory


F. Updated Order of Battle-
Note: X (Y)+Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction.

Battleships 1(0)+0
Aircraft Carriers 1(1)+0
Battlecruisers 1(0)+1
Light Cruisers 12(0)+0
Destroyers 18(0)+5
Submarines 14(0)+2
Gunboats 0(0)+0
Minelayers 0(0)+0
Minesweepers 20(0)+0
Submarine Tender 0(0)+0
Collier 1(0)+0
Training Ship 1(0)+0

Santos de Espar Class, Brazilian Destoyer laid down 1942

Displacement:
1,650 t light; 1,746 t standard; 1,994 t normal; 2,192 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
389.24 ft / 374.02 ft x 36.09 ft x 12.30 ft (normal load)
118.64 m / 114.00 m x 11.00 m x 3.75 m

Armament:
6 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns (3x2 guns), 52.91lbs / 24.00kg shells, 1937 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority aft, 1 raised mount aft - superfiring
6 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mount
on centreline forward, all raised guns - superfiring
Weight of broadside 330 lbs / 150 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
10 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.59" / 15 mm 0.59" / 15 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 38,300 shp / 28,572 Kw = 33.75 kts
Range 6,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 446 tons

Complement:
148 - 193

Cost:
£1.382 million / $5.527 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 41 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 14 tons, 0.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 14 tons, 0.7 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 892 tons, 44.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 633 tons, 31.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 344 tons, 17.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 70 tons, 3.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
654 lbs / 297 Kg = 12.4 x 4.7 " / 120 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 1.5 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 12.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.57
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.09

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.420
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.36 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.24 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 64
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 5.68 ft / 1.73 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.25 ft / 8.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m (11.48 ft / 3.50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
- Stern: 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
- Average freeboard: 16.11 ft / 4.91 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 165.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 84.0 %
Waterplane Area: 8,738 Square feet or 812 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 83 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 37 lbs/sq ft or 180 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 2.00
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Note: Misc weight still to be defined, amount will not change.

Caridade, Brazilian Light Fleet Tender laid down 1942

Displacement:
2,195 t light; 2,341 t standard; 7,000 t normal; 10,728 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
385.00 ft / 380.00 ft x 46.00 ft x 20.00 ft (normal load)
117.35 m / 115.82 m x 14.02 m x 6.10 m

Armament:
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on side ends, evenly spread
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all forward, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 13 lbs / 6 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 750

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
2nd: 0.25" / 6 mm - -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 1 shaft, 9,000 shp / 6,714 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 50,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 8,387 tons

Complement:
382 - 497

Cost:
£0.707 million / $2.829 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 2 tons, 0.0 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 2 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 235 tons, 3.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,440 tons, 20.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,805 tons, 68.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 515 tons, 7.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
36,249 lbs / 16,442 Kg = 23,454.5 x 1.5 " / 37 mm shells or 8.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.56
Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m
Roll period: 10.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle, raised quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.701
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.26 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.49 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.08 ft / 0.94 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m (13.00 ft / 3.96 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 13.00 ft / 3.96 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m (13.00 ft / 3.96 m before break)
- Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
- Average freeboard: 16.15 ft / 4.92 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 20.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 90.3 %
Waterplane Area: 13,928 Square feet or 1,294 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 699 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 62 lbs/sq ft or 303 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.66
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Note: Misc weight and low-stowed equipment still to be defined, amount will not change.