WesWorld

Belgium continues to motor along at building it's destroyer fleet as part of it's master plan to be viewed as a desirable ally, as well as to be able to project some influence overseas.

Tenders and transports, and likely an "escort" carrier or even helicarrier may be in the offing.

Q1 1941 activity

Kingdom of Belgium
4/5 factories producing naval materials: 4,000 tons created for Q1/41 . 4,000 total tons +314 stockpiled from previous quarter + 0 tons from scrapping = 4314 tons

4,094 tons used. 220 tons left for Q2/41

1/5 factories committed for 1941 to infrastructure development = 0.1 ip

B. Infrastructure Development

+0.1 point to Belgian factory, 3.2 ip total

C. Naval Construction

Zeebrugge:
Class 1 slip :- 1 x 1939 DD, laid down Jan 2 1941, 2135t total, 4 quarters, 534t per quarter, launching Q2, completing Q4/41.

Class 1 slip :- 1 x 1939 DD, laid down Jan 2 1941, 2135t total, 4 quarters, 534t per quarter, launching Q2, completing Q4/41.

Class 1 drydock :- 1 x 1939 DD, laid down October 1 1939, 2135t total, 4 quarters, 534t per quarter, launching Q1, completing Q3/41.Launched

Ostend:
Class 0 slip :-
Class 0 slip :-

Class 0 drydock:-

Antwerp:
Class 3 slip :-
Class 1 slip :-1 x 1939 DD, laid down October 1 1939, 2135t total, 4 quarters, 534t per quarter, launching Q1, completing Q3/41.Launched

Class 0 slip :-

Class 3 drydock:-
Class 2 drydock:-
Class 1 drydock:-


=========================Ships afloat: ============================
Zeebrugge:
1 x 1939 DD, laid down July 1 1939, 2135t total, 4 quarters, 534t per quarter, launching Q4, completing Q2/41. Launched

1 x 1939 DD, laid down July 1 1939, 2135t total, 4 quarters, 534t per quarter, launching Q4, completing Q2/41. Launched

Ostend:

Antwerp:
1 x 1940 CE, Ballarat-C, laid down April 2nd, 1940, 4,450t total, 5 quarters, 890t per quarter, launching end Q3, completing Q2/1941 Launched




C. Ships on shakedown cruises:

1st Three Months


2nd Three Months
3x 1939 DD


D. Transactions


E. Other Notes
Two ships of the MW-1 class to be named Wallachia and Moldavia


F. Updated Order of Battle-
1x Bismarck-B class Armored Cruiser
3 x Ballarat B design escort cruiser
6 x PC-22-A2 design escort sloop
2x 1939 DD

SC Zinnia
Training Sloop Artevelde

5 x 1939 DD

6 x Minewarfare MS-26B
9 x Minesweepers Struma IIB

48 x Mexican Torpedo boat
24 x riverine patrol

F. Updated Order of Battle-

Note: X (Y)+Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction.

Heavy Cruisers : 1 (0) 0
Light Cruisers : 3 (0)
Destroyers : 5(0) 6
Sloops : 1 (0) 0
Escorts : 6 (0) 0
Minewarfare : 6 (0) 0
Minesweepers : 9 (0) 0
Patrol craft : 0 (0) 0
MTB : 48 (0) 0
Riverine patrol : 24
Training ships : 1 (0) 0

Quoted

Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk

Kingdom of Belgium
4/5 factories producing naval materials: 3,000 tons created for Q1/41 . 4,000 total tons +314 stockpiled from previous quarter + 0 tons from scrapping = 4314 tons

3,000 tons created for Q1/41

Ought that not read "4,000 tons created for Q1/41"?

yep, fixed.