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In which I discover I hadn't kept up like I thought. Sadly, the Belgians are pretty darn simple right now.

Q1/1944 activity

Kingdom of Belgium
4/5 factories producing naval materials: 4,000 tons created for Q1/44 . 4,000 total tons + 932 stockpiled from previous quarter + 0 tons from scrapping = 4,932 tons

3,513 tons used. 1419 tons left for Q2/44

1/5 factories committed for 1944 to infrastructure development = 0.1 ip

B. Infrastructure Development

+0.1 point to Belgian factory, 4.7 ip total

C. Naval Construction

Zeebrugge:
Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 1 drydock :- Empty

Ostend:
Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 0 drydock:- Empty

Antwerp:
Class 3 slip :-

Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 3 drydock:-

Class 2 drydock:-

Class 1 drydock:- Empty

=========================Ships afloat: ===========================

Zeebrugge:

1 x Groenendael class DT, laid down October 1st, 1942 9775t total, 7 quarters, 6775 tons committed, 1500 tons added. Launched

1 x Groenendael class DT, laid down October 1st, 1942 9775t total, 7 quarters, 6775 tons committed, 1500 tons added. Launched

Ostend:

Antwerp:

C. Ships on shakedown cruises:

1st Three Months

2nd Three Months
CL-4 Wielingen

D. Transactions


E. Other Notes

Surveying for coastal batteries continues
Locations : Niuwport, Ostende, Blankenberge, Zeebrugge, Nieuweluis, Antwerp and Breezand.

Destructive testing of Experimental gun turrets commences.
100% Repair work done : 513ts

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

SC Zinnia
Training Sloop Artevelde

16 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 : 4 (0) 0
Destroyers : 18 (0) 0
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
Depot Ships : 0 (0) 2

Q2/1944 activity

Kingdom of Belgium
4/5 factories producing naval materials: 4,000 tons created for Q2/44 . 4,000 total tons + 1492 stockpiled from previous quarter + 0 tons from scrapping = 5,492 tons

3,257 tons used. 2235 tons left for Q3/44

1/5 factories committed for 1944 to infrastructure development = 0.1 ip

B. Infrastructure Development

+0.1 point to Belgian factory, 4.8 ip total

C. Naval Construction

Zeebrugge:
Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 1 drydock :- Empty

Ostend:
Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 0 drydock:- Empty

Antwerp:
Class 3 slip :-

Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 3 drydock:-

Class 2 drydock:-

Class 1 drydock:- Empty

=========================Ships afloat: ===========================

Zeebrugge:

1 x Groenendael class DT, laid down October 1st, 1942 9775t total, 7 quarters, 8275 tons committed, 1500 tons added. Completed

1 x Groenendael class DT, laid down October 1st, 1942 9775t total, 7 quarters, 8275 tons committed, 1500 tons added. Completed

Ostend:

Antwerp:

C. Ships on shakedown cruises:

1st Three Months

2nd Three Months
CL-4 Wielingen

D. Transactions


E. Other Notes

Surveying for coastal batteries continues
Locations : Niuwport, Ostende, Blankenberge, Zeebrugge, Nieuweluis, Antwerp, and Breezand.

Destructive testing of Experimental gun turrets completes.
50% Repair work done : 257ts

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

SC Zinnia
Training Sloop Artevelde

16 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 : 4 (0) 0
Destroyers : 18 (0) 0
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
Depot Ships : 0 (0) 2

Q3/1944 activity

Kingdom of Belgium
4/5 factories producing naval materials: 4,000 tons created for Q3/44 . 4,000 total tons + 2235 stockpiled from previous quarter + 0 tons from scrapping = 6235 tons

4,386 tons used. 1,849 tons left for Q4/44

1/5 factories committed for 1944 to infrastructure development = 0.1 ip

B. Infrastructure Development

+0.1 point to Belgian factory, 4.9 ip total

C. Naval Construction

Zeebrugge:
Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 1 drydock :- 6 x Riverine patrol put in for Major Refit  4.5t total

Ostend:
Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 0 drydock:- 6 x Riverine patrol put in for Major Refit  4.5t total

Antwerp:
Class 3 slip :-

Class 1 slip :- Empty

Class 0 slip :- Empty

Class 3 drydock:-

Class 2 drydock:- 6 x Riverine patrol put in for Major Refit  4.5t total

Class 1 drydock:- 6 x Riverine patrol put in for Major Refit  4.5t total

=========================Ships afloat: ===========================

Zeebrugge:

Ostend:

Antwerp:

C. Ships on shakedown cruises:

1st Three Months
2 x Groenendael class DT

2nd Three Months


D. Transactions


E. Other Notes

Construction of coastal batteries commences
Locations : Niuwport, Ostende, Blankenberge, Zeebrugge, Nieuweluis, Antwerp and Breezand.
Each location is to have:
Commanding aquatic approaches & 360 indirect fire, mounted in reinforced concrete :
4 x 9.2 in steel turrets, sloped 200mm face, 150mm all round. : 4x 103ts
6 x 152mm in steel turrets, sloped 200mm face, 150mm all round. : 6 x 45.8ts

Sited on land approaches :
12 x 4.7 in steel turrets, sloped 200mm face, 150mm all round. : 12 x 30.8ts

Situated for aerial and land defense, mounted in reinforced concrete :
8 x 125mm DP in steel turrets sloped faces, 130mm face, 65mm sides: 8 x 15ts
8 x 90mm DP in steel turrets sloped faces, 130mm face, 65mm sides: 8 x 7.8ts
16 x 37mm in concrete emplacements with 15mm gunsheilds. : 16 x 0.575 = 9.2ts

Total weight : 1,243 tons per location, 8,736 tons total. 4,368 tons added.


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

SC Zinnia
Training Sloop Artevelde

16 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.

1 (0) 0 : Heavy Cruisers
4 (0) 0 : Light Cruisers
18 (0) 0 : Destroyers
1 (0) 0 : Sloops
6 (0) 0 : Escorts
6 (0) 0 : Minewarfare
9 (0) 0 : Minesweepers
0 (0) 0 : Patrol craft
48 (0) 0 : MTB
0 (24) 0 : Riverine patrol
1 (0) 0 : Training ships
2 (0) 0 : Depot Ships

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Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk
Destructive testing of Experimental gun turrets commences.
100% Repair work done : 513ts

What's this?

it's related to the prior quarter where examples of coastal guns & mounts were built. The Belgians have been shooting at them, necessitating repairs.

You'll see 2 quarters of such testing, followed by the construction of coastal guns.

Goes back to that post on Belgian defenses ages ago, where they were considering fire-base style fixed defenses to stiffen things. While the landward side is still under consideration, the coastal side is moving forward. For the cost of a heavy cruiser, and the assignment of local fortress-level troops, the most important coastal ports can be made difficult for an amphibious landing to seize.