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Kingdom of the Netherlands & Kingdom of the Kongo Q1/1945 Report

A. Industrial Output

12 factories in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
2.5 factories in the provinces Malay Archipelago (aka Dutch East Indies)
1 factory in the Kingdom of the Kongo, funding provided to NL via UKN.
0 factories in the Province of Dutch Guiana and the Grand Duchy of Ubangi-Shari (CAR)

15.5 Factories:
Fixed IP: 1
Flexible IP: 0
Ship Tonnage: 14.5

B. Transfers and Acquisitions
Two light cruisers and nine destroyers transferred from Belgium under Naval Cooperation Plan, consisting of: CL-2 Del Commune, CL-3 West Diep, DD-10 Verviers, DD-11 Veurne, DD-12 Stavelot, DD-13 Rochefort, DD-14 Nieupoort, DD-15 Koksijde, DD-16 Mechelen, DD-17 Spa, DD-18 Heist

C. Unit Relocations
K-38 commissions and joins 6th Submarine Flotilla at Den Helder on 30 March
Elisabethville completes conversion and commissioned as ST-3 Elisabeth and assigned to 3rd Submarine Division, Den Helder on 19 March
Leopoldville completes conversion and commissioned as RT-2 Leopold and assigned to 2nd Support Division, Soerabaja on 29 March
Tug T-141 assigned to Soerabaja Harbour Flotilla on 18 February
Tug TM-2 assigned to 3rd Support Flotilla, Matadi, Kongo on 16 March
Tug TP-2 assigned to Paramaribo Harbour Flotilla on 29 March
CL-2 Del Commune commissioned as CL-33 Van Galen on 27 February
CL-3 West Diep commissioned as CL-34 Van Ghent on 27 February
DD-10 to DD-18 commissioned as Z-100 to Z-108 on 28 February
Z-1 to Z-8 decommissioned for disposal on 18 January

D. Navy Programme

Resources Allocated: 14,500 tons
Previous Surplus: 1,768 tons
Unused Scrap: 0 tons
Construction Requirements (See Appendix A): 16,221 tons
Total surplus: 47 tons
Scrap Available: 0 tons

E. Infrastructure Programme

Resources Allocated: 0.1 IP
Previous Surplus: 0 IP
Resources Used: 0.1 IP
Carry-over: 0 IP
Infrastructure Development (TIDE Related): 0.1 IP to NEI: 5.7IP total

F. Summary Order Of Battle at End of Quarter

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

Capital Ships: 9 (0) 2
Coastal Defence Ships: 1 (0) 0
Aircraft Carriers: 6 (0) 0
Seaplane Carriers: 2 (0) 0
Heavy Cruisers: 4 (0) 0
Light Cruisers: 26 (0) 1
Destroyers: 74 (0) 0
Fleet Submarines: 23 (0) 0
Coastal Submarines: 18 (0) 0
Escorts: 110 (0) 0
Gunboats: 32 (0) 0
Patrol craft: 93 (0) 0
Coastal ASW: 0 (0) 0
Fleet Minelayers: 16 (0) 0
Fleet Minesweepers: 21 (0) 0
Coastal Minesweepers: 48 (0) 0
MAS 1000: 154 (0) 0
MAS 501: 384 (0) 0
Seaplane Tenders: 6 (0) 0
Destroyer Tenders: 4 (0) 0
Submarine Tenders: 3 (0) 0
Repair Ships: 1 (0) 0
Oilers: 0 (0) 3
Colliers: 3 (0) 0
Cargo Transports: 2 (0) 0
Replenishment Vessel: 0 (0) 1
Ex-Liners: 4 (0) 0
Troop Transports: 2 (0) 0
Training Ships: 14 (0) 0
Royal Yacht: 1 (0) 0
Tugs: 6 (0) 0
Landing Craft (BDA): 34 (0) 0
Landing Craft (BDS): 40 (0) 0
Target Ships: 2 (0) 0
Experimental Ships: 3 (0) 0

G. Miscellaneous Works
Submarine Depot Ship Zuiderkruis 25% refit, costing 2,418.5 tons taking 5 months, 1,209.5 tons this quarter for 2,418.5 tons, completed this quarter

APPENDIX A: DETAILED SHIPBUILDING REPORT

Nederlandsche Sheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam:
S-3a:

S-2a:
Java Province Class Light Cruiser
Laid Down: 1 January 1945
Launched: 1 August 1945
1,402 tons for 1,402 tons
Completion due 1 June 1946

S-1a:
Bellatrix Antares Class Tanker
Laid Down: 1 October 1944
Launched: 1 February 1945
524 tons for 1,048 tons
Completion due 1 September 1945

D-2a: Elisabeth 25% refit (conversion) to submarine tender, total cost 2,044.5 tons taking 4.5 months, 1,022.5 tons this quarter for 2,044.5 tons, completed this quarter

Naval Dockyard, Den Helder:
S-4a:

S-2a:

D-4a:
Evertsen, Kortenaer v2 Class
Laid Down: 1 October 1942
Launched: 1 June 1943
2,713 tons for 21,585 tons
Completion due 1 April 1947

D-2a: Leopold 25% refit (conversion to repair ship), total cost 2,860 tons taking 5.5 months, 1,430 tons this quarter for 2,860 tons, completed this quarter

Burgerhouts, Den Hague:
S-3a:

S-2a:

S-2b:

D-3a:

D-2a:

D-1a:
K-38 K-37 Class Coastal Submarine
Laid Down: 1 October 1944
167 tons for 499 tons
Completed 20 February 1945

Smit, Ijmuiden:
S-2a:
Poolster Poolster Class Fleet Oiler
Laid Down: 1 October 1944
Launched: 1 April 1945
1,132 tons for 2,264 tons
Completion due 1 January 1946

S-2b:

D-2a:

Wilton-Fijenoord, Rotterdam:
S-4a:
Crijnssen, Kortenaer v2 Class
Laid Down: 1 October 1942
Launched: 1 June 1943
2,713 tons for 21,585 tons
Completion due 1 April 1947

S-3a:

S-2a:

Rotterdam Dry Dock Company, Rotterdam:
D-2a:

KM de Schelde, Vlissingen:
S-3a:
Cornelius Drebbel Fleet Replenishment Ship
Laid Down: 1 October 1944
Launched: 1 May 1945
1,575 tons for 3,150 tons
Completion due 15 April 1946

S-2a:

S-1a:
Antares Antares Class Tanker
Laid Down: 1 October 1944
Launched: 1 February 1945
524 tons for 1,048 tons
Completion due 1 September 1945

EAST INDIES

Surabaia (Soerabaja Naval Base):
S-0a:

Batavia:
S-0a:

Balikpapan Harbour:
D-2a:

D-1a:

Medan (Belawan Harbour):
D-2a:

D-1a:

Small Craft

Rotterdam:

Batavia:
1x tug, 200 tons

Matabi, Kongo:
1x tug, 200 tons

Paramaribo, Suriname:
1x tug, 200 tons

Quoted from "Hood"

B. Transfers and Acquisitions
Two light cruisers and nine destroyers transferred from Belgium under Naval Cooperation Plan, consisting of: CL-2 Del Commune, CL-3 West Diep, DD-10 Verviers, DD-11 Veurne, DD-12 Stavelot, DD-13 Rochefort, DD-14 Nieupoort, DD-15 Koksijde, DD-16 Mechelen, DD-17 Spa, DD-18 Heist

I didn't see anywhere, either here or in the Belgian report, how much was paid for the purchase of these ships. Can you make that more plain someplace in the report?

Well the simple answer is, there was no payment per se, that is the Naval Cooperation Plan will involve some offset deals and ship exchanges over the next year or so. The full tale will be a future news item. Right now I'm juggling several things and hopefully as things crystallise everything will be clearer. Some minesweepers will be transferred for Belgium, two of the ex-Belgian merchants will be converted and returned to Belgium and some scrap tonnage might also be going Belgium's way too. Other deals will be new maritime patrol aircraft, new radars etc. to help the navy in its tasks.
In its own way the Naval Cooperation Plan will fit into the web of Benelux stories over the next year or so.

So long as Belgium gets some sort of in-game price in return (be it new minesweepers and auxiliaries or whatever), I'm fine. I just wanted to make sure the Dutch are not getting a bunch of completely free ships, particularly when the Belgians received another purchase offer from a third party. I just am looking to make sure the Dutch beat my bid somehow or another... ;)