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A land left behind:

From the end of 1941 through 1947, a weak and ailing Monarch left Thailand at the mercy of the plutocrats and corrupt businessmen that always fill a vacuum left by a lack of leadership. Looking inwardly, Thailand improved its own infrastructure, and to a small degree its shipbuilding industry. Virtually all of it was done with the intent of lining the pockets of the rich and powerful run amok. A new facility, completing a factory factory complex was built, improving production (2.5 to 3 factories). And commercial ship production was not idle, with a slip in Bangkok being improve from S0 to S1.5, allowing ocean-going merchantmen to be built, with the drydocking facility nearby improved to 1.5 as well....further lining pockets. Throughout this, the Royal Thai Navy, Royal Thai Army, and Royal Thai Air Force were sadly neglected, with procurement non-existent and much maintenance ignored due to lack of funds.

In January of 1948, King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends the throne in what could only be called the "Glorious Restoration". A staunch Nationalist and Orator, King Bhumibol Adulyadej finds himself with a nation in need of both work and national pride, and with an armed force that is the laughing stock of all of its neighbors. He launches a vicious anti-corruption campaign, netting a number of businessmen and official imprisoned, with more fleeing the country. Deciding to allow the improvements to Thailand's docks continue, stockpiled resources already at Bangkok are used to improve the remaining S0 slips to an S1.5 and an S1 respectively, resulting in the following as dockyard facilities for Thailand:


Bangkok:
S1 - 120m slip
S1 - 120m slip
S1.5 - 145m slip
S1.5 - 145m slip
D2 - 170m drydock
D1.5 - 145m drydock

Krabl
S0 - 70m slip

Phuket:
D1 - 120m drydock
D1 - 120m drydock
D0- 70m drydock



A new Nationalist Administration is put into place, and feelers are sent out for bids on equipment for the Royal Thai Army and Air Force:

Service Rifle
Machine Gun

Light Armored Vehicles

Fighter
Strike
Naval Strike
Bomber
Patrol Aircraft
Utility Helicopter

The Royal Thai Navy is ordered to run the following ships onto the beach for scrapping, as the King plans extensive building projects to begin in earnest to reclaim some of Thailand's former glory and to place it to be a regional power with all of the old Colonial powers granting local colonies independence:



o Light Battleship TNS ThonburiScrap
o Light Battleship TNS RattanakosinScrap
• Cruiserso TNS Maha ChakrkriScra
po TNS PhucketScrap


• Coast Defense Shipso TNS RatanakosindraScrap
o TNS Ko Si ChangScrap
o Ten MTB-1 Class Scrap



Additional ships are put into reserve as decisions are made on whether to attempt to modernize them or to scrap them.


Further posts to follow....

Industrial Allocation:

3 Factories producing 3000 materials
0 Factories producing Infrastructure
0 From Stockpile
0 from Transactions
1756 tons available from scrapping in Q1 1949
2305 materials used
695 available Q2

No Infrastructure Development

Royal Thai Navy

Bangkok:
S1 - Idle
S1 - Idle
S1.5 - Taksin, Light Cruiser laid down Jan 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons req'd, 951t added Q1, total 951t
S1.5 - Idle
D2 - Rachan, Carrier laid down Jan 1st 1948, 18mos to completion, 8122t req'd, 1354t added Q1, total 1354t
D1.5 - Idle


Krabl
S0 - Idle

Phuket:
D1 - Idle
D1 - Idle
D0- Idle



3 Factories producing 3 x MTB24B (90t)

As used in our game, a Sim Report - short for Simulation Report - is intended to be a rather detailed outline of what the player has done in terms of naval construction with the infrastructure and resources available to him. It would chronicle a quarters activity in construction - from keel laying to completion (in the timescale predicated by our rules) and trials (again, in a specified timescale). It would specify what vessels are repaired, upgraded, or scrapped, together with the details of where and when, and in the case of vessels scrapped, how much material is recycled for further construction. It would normally be expected to include an order of battle summary, so that other players can assess changes in your fleet strength.

Much of what you have covered above could be better addressed in the more general "News and Events" category.

Taccovert4,
I guess you might have seen this already but if not, this is last report for Thailand that we have: http://wesworld.jk-clan.de/index.php?pag…4%22#post117934

As Bruce says, reports tend to be technical things outlining how much tonnage you've spent on construction, how much you have scrapped and how much you have left stockpiled for the next quarter.
My advice would be to start working the report before getting too bogged down in plans and designs as in reality your available resources and slipways/docks will constrain what you can and can't do.

Royal Thai Navy Order of Battle

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sri Ayuthia (Flag)

o TNS Chakri Nareubet

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Four TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Dhonburi
o TNS Ko Lan

o Nine MTB-11 Class
o Five MTB-24 Class
o Ten MTB-11 Class

o Six Perla Class
o Six Dolphin I Class

o Three ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sukhothai (Flag)

o TNS Chakri
o TNS Seuxpa

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Nine TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Ko Phai

o Six MTB-24 Class

o Seven Perla Class
o Six J Class

o Four ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

Q2/1948


Industrial Allocation:

3 Factories producing 3000 materials
0 Factories producing Infrastructure
695 From Stockpile
0 from Transactions
1756 tons available from scrapping in Q1 1949
3105 materials used
590 available Q3

No Infrastructure Development

Royal Thai Navy

Bangkok:
S1 - Idle
S1 - Idle
S1.5 - Taksin, Light Cruiser laid down Jan 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons req'd, 951t added Q1, total 1902t
S1.5 - Naresuan, Light Cruiser laid down April 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons Req'd, 800t added Q2, total 800t
D2 - Rachan, Carrier laid down Jan 1st 1948, 18mos to completion, 8122t req'd, 1354t added Q1, total 2708t
D1.5 - Idle


Krabl
S0 - Idle

Phuket:
D1 - Idle
D1 - Idle
D0- Idle



3 Factories producing 3 x MTB24B (90t)

Royal Thai Navy Order of Battle

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sri Ayuthia (Flag)

o TNS Chakri Nareubet

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Four TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Dhonburi
o TNS Ko Lan

o Nine MTB-11 Class
o Eight MTB-24 Class
o Ten MTB-11 Class

o Six Perla Class
o Six Dolphin I Class

o Three ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sukhothai (Flag)

o TNS Chakri
o TNS Seuxpa

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Nine TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Ko Phai

o Six MTB-24 Class

o Seven Perla Class
o Six J Class

o Four ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

Q3/1948


Industrial Allocation:

3 Factories producing 3000 materials
0 Factories producing Infrastructure
590 From Stockpile
0 from Transactions
1756 tons available from scrapping in Q1 1949
3105 materials used
485 available Q3

No Infrastructure Development

Royal Thai Navy

Bangkok:
S1 - Idle
S1 - Idle
S1.5 - Taksin, Light Cruiser laid down Jan 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons req'd, 951t added Q3, total 2853t
S1.5 - Naresuan, Light Cruiser laid down April 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons Req'd, 800t added Q3, total 1600t
D2 - Rachan, Carrier laid down Jan 1st 1948, 18mos to completion, 8122t req'd, 1354t added Q3, total 4062t
D1.5 - Idle


Krabl
S0 - Idle

Phuket:
D1 - Idle
D1 - Idle
D0- Idle



3 Factories producing 3 x MTB24B (90t)

Royal Thai Navy Order of Battle

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sri Ayuthia (Flag)

o TNS Chakri Nareubet

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Four TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Dhonburi
o TNS Ko Lan

o Nine MTB-11 Class
o Eight MTB-24 Class
o Ten MTB-11 Class

o Six Perla Class
o Six Dolphin I Class

o Three ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sukhothai (Flag)

o TNS Chakri
o TNS Seuxpa

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Nine TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Ko Phai

o Nine MTB-24 Class

o Seven Perla Class
o Six J Class

o Four ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

[list][*][/list]

Q4/1948


Industrial Allocation:

3 Factories producing 3000 materials
0 Factories producing Infrastructure
485 From Stockpile
0 from Transactions
1756 tons available from scrapping in Q1 1949
3105 materials used
380 available Q3

No Infrastructure Development

Royal Thai Navy

Bangkok:
S1 - Idle
S1 - Idle
S1.5 - Taksin, Light Cruiser laid down Jan 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons req'd, 951t added Q4, total 3804t
S1.5 - Naresuan, Light Cruiser laid down April 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons Req'd, 800t added Q4, total 2400t
D2 - Rachan, Carrier laid down Jan 1st 1948, 18mos to completion, 8122t req'd, 1354t added Q4, total 5416t
D1.5 - Idle


Krabl
S0 - Idle

Phuket:
D1 - Idle
D1 - Idle
D0- Idle



3 Factories producing 3 x MTB24B (90t)

oyal Thai Navy Order of Battle

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sri Ayuthia (Flag)

o TNS Chakri Nareubet

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Four TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Dhonburi
o TNS Ko Lan

o Nine MTB-11 Class
o 10 MTB-24 Class
o Ten MTB-11 Class

o Six Perla Class
o Six Dolphin I Class

o Three ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sukhothai (Flag)

o TNS Chakri
o TNS Seuxpa

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Nine TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Ko Phai

o 10 MTB-24 Class

o Seven Perla Class
o Six J Class

o Four ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

Q1/1949


Industrial Allocation:

3 Factories producing 3000 materials
0 Factories producing Infrastructure
380 From Stockpile
0 from Transactions
1756 tons available from scrapping
4580 materials used
556 available Q2

No Infrastructure Development

Royal Thai Navy

Bangkok:

S1 - Bongpakong, Destroyer laid down Jan 1st, 1949, 11.3mos to completion, 2328 Req'd, 600t added Q1, total 600t
S1 - Bangkok, Destroyer laid down Jan 1st, 1949, 11.3mos to completion, 2328 Req'd, 600t added Q1, total 600t
S1.5 - Idle
S1.5 - Naresuan, Light Cruiser laid down April 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons Req'd, 800t added Q1, total 3200t
D2 - Rachan, Carrier laid down Jan 1st 1948, 18mos to completion, 8122t req'd, 1354t added Q1, total 6770t
D1.5 - Taksin, Light Cruiser laid down Jan 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons req'd, 630 added Q1, total 4434t, Launched Jan 1st 1949, Completed March 1st, 1949.

Krabl
S0 - Idle

Phuket:
D1 -Chaemp, Destroyer laid down Jan 1st, 1949, 11.3mos to completion, 2328 tons Req'd, 196t added Q1, total 196t
D1 - Idle
D0- Idle



3 Factories producing 3 x MTB24B (90t)

Royal Thai Navy Order of Battle

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sri Ayuthia (Flag)

o TNS Chakri Nareubet

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Four TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Dhonburi
o TNS Ko Lan

o Nine MTB-11 Class
o 12 MTB-24 Class
o Ten MTB-11 Class

o Six Perla Class
o Six Dolphin I Class

o Three ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sukhothai (Flag)

o TNS Chakri
o TNS Seuxpa

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Nine TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Ko Phai

o 11 MTB-24 Class

o Seven Perla Class
o Six J Class

o Four ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

----Working Up----TNS Taksin

Q2/1949


Industrial Allocation:

3 Factories producing 3000 materials
0 Factories producing Infrastructure
556 From Stockpile
0 from Transactions
0 tons available from scrapping
3400 materials used
156 available Q3

No Infrastructure Development

Royal Thai Navy

Bangkok:
S1 - Bongpakong, Destroyer laid down Jan 1st, 1949, 11.3mos to completion, 2328 Req'd, 200t added Q2, total 800t
S1 - Bangkok, Destroyer laid down Jan 1st, 1949, 11.3mos to completion, 2328 Req'd, 200t added Q2, total 800t
S1.5 - Idle
S1.5 - Idle
D2 - Rachan, Carrier laid down Jan 1st 1948, 18mos to completion, 8122t req'd, 1352t added Q2, Launched May 4th 1949, Completed June 6th, 1949
D1.5 - Naresuan, Light Cruiser laid down April 1st, 1948, 14mos to completion, 4434 tons Req'd, 834t added Q2, Launched May 2nd 1949, Completed June 20th, 1949

Krabl
S0 - Idle

Phuket:
D1 -Chaemp, Destroyer laid down Jan 1st, 1949, 11.3mos to completion, 2328 tons Req'd, 814t added Q2, total 1010t
D1 - Idle
D0- Idle



3 Factories producing 3 x MTB24B (90t)

Royal Thai Navy Order of Battle

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sri Ayuthia (Flag)

o TNS Chakri Nareubet

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Four TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Dhonburi
o TNS Ko Lan

o Nine MTB-11 Class
o 13 MTB-24 Class
o Ten MTB-11 Class

o Six Perla Class
o Six Dolphin I Class

o Three ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

o Aircraft Carrier TNS Sukhothai (Flag)

o TNS Chakri
o TNS Seuxpa

o Six DD-11 (Chomburi) Class
o Five DD-1 (Ratanakosin) Class
o Nine TB-1 (Surasdra) Class

o TNS Ko Phai

o 13 MTB-24 Class

o Seven Perla Class
o Six J Class

o Four ML-1937 Class
o Six MWS-1937 Class

----Working Up----
TNS Taksin
TNS Rachan
TNS Naresuan

Reviewing the latest Thai sim reports I note several concerns.

The final sim report submitted by the previous player, Snip, closed out the 4th Quarter of 1941. It is located here.

In theory the intervening twenty four quarters (1942 through 1947) could provide sufficient infrastructure points to support expansion of the Thai naval infrastructure noted in the 1Q48 Sim Report; whether that would be sufficient to complete a half factory (in 4Q41 Thailand had only 2.5 factories, not 3 as noted in 1Q48) and the other naval infrastructure projects is a matter that needs to be accounted for in intervening sim reports and not merely assumed. Available infrastructure points and tonnage from the intervening quarters should be accounted for.

Looking the recent encyclopedia entries I note that the design of the destroyer Chaemp is deficient inasmuch as it contravenes Point 2 of the Design Rules for Gentlemen, found here.

Which specified a maximum L:B ratio for ships under 8,000 tons of 11:1.

Quoted

Chaemp, Thailand Destroyer laid down 1948
.
.
.
Hull form characteristics:

Hull has rise forward of midbreak and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.450
Length to Beam Ratio: 13.00 : 1

There also appears an omission of oversight in the armament layout, which indicates four guns in the main armament but only three mounts, without an explanatory notes

Quoted

Armament: 4 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (3 mounts), 30.51lbs / 13.84kg shells, 1948 Model Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists

Quoted from "BruceDuncan"

In theory the intervening twenty four quarters (1942 through 1947) could provide sufficient infrastructure points to support expansion of the Thai naval infrastructure noted in the 1Q48 Sim Report; whether that would be sufficient to complete a half factory (in 4Q41 Thailand had only 2.5 factories, not 3 as noted in 1Q48) and the other naval infrastructure projects is a matter that needs to be accounted for in intervening sim reports and not merely assumed. Available infrastructure points and tonnage from the intervening quarters should be accounted for.

I actually calculated that out for him a week or so ago, so I know the numbers work. I instructed him to start with the reports in 1948, with the intention of writing up a brief synopsis of the infrastructure improvements myself; I'll go back and do that later this afternoon, just for record-keeping purposes.

Quoted from "Brockpaine"

Quoted from "BruceDuncan"

In theory the intervening twenty four quarters (1942 through 1947) could provide sufficient infrastructure points to support expansion of the Thai naval infrastructure noted in the 1Q48 Sim Report; whether that would be sufficient to complete a half factory (in 4Q41 Thailand had only 2.5 factories, not 3 as noted in 1Q48) and the other naval infrastructure projects is a matter that needs to be accounted for in intervening sim reports and not merely assumed. Available infrastructure points and tonnage from the intervening quarters should be accounted for.

I actually calculated that out for him a week or so ago, so I know the numbers work. I instructed him to start with the reports in 1948, with the intention of writing up a brief synopsis of the infrastructure improvements myself; I'll go back and do that later this afternoon, just for record-keeping purposes.

Ah. That addresses the issue. Thank you for clarifying the matter.

Ahh. Missed the LB rule in trying to catch up on all the rules. I will make the appropriate adjustments this afternoon, baby tac permitting. What I get for doing work while sick and on about 3 hours sleep.

I do apologize for the issues, I'm working hard to catch up with you guys.