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Indian Naval Developments - Q1/1925

A. Industrial Allocation

8 of 11 factories producing warship material for 8,000 tons, plus a stockpile of 239 t for 8,239 t. 7,539 t are used, leaving a stockpile of 700 t.

3 of 11 factories are dedicated to infrastructure material production, and produce 0.3 pts.

B. Infrastructure Development

0.3 pts are invested into a Class two drydock at Columbo. 1.2 pts are required to complete the drydock.

C. Naval Construction

At Mumbai

S3: Battleship Jahangir receives 2197 t
D3: CL Trincomalee receives 820 t in repairs, completes repairs 3/3/25.
S2: DD G-144 laid down 1/1/25, receives 387 t
S0: Idle
Free-floating: AO Ceylon receives 333 t

At Columbo

S1: AM-19 receives 93 t
S0: Idle

At Sikkwe

S1: DD G-143 laid down 1/1/25, receives 387 t
S0: Idle
Free-floating: DD G-108 receives 120 t, completes repairs 14/2/25

At Madras

S3: BB Akbar receives 2197 t, launched 1/3/25
S2: Idle
S1: AM-20 laid down 1/1/25, receives 279 t
D2: CL Chennai receives 726 t in repairs, completed 10/3/25
D1: DD G-101 begins final scrapping 1/3/25, will be done 10/4/25
Free-floating: DD G-101 deleted for scrapping 1/1/25, 60% scrapped 1/3/25, moved to D1
Free-floating: DD G-103 deleted for scrapping, 20/2/25, 40% scrapped at quarter’s end.

D. Transactions

DD G-101, G-103, G-104 , TB T-6, T-7 to be deleted for scrapping in 1925.
G-101 materials: 0.15 * 900 t = 135 t expected, 90% in Q4, 10% in Q1/25
G-103 materials: 0.15* 900 t = 135 t expected, 40% in Q4, 60% in Q1/25

E. Other Notes

CL Lucknow , DD G-141 , G-142 , SS I-3 complete shakedown cruises

SS I-4 continues shakedown cruise.

CL Trincomalee , Chennai , DD G-108 complete repairs and begin truncated shakedown cruises.

Work resumes on AO Ceylon , AM-19

New units laid down this quarter: 2 destroyers, 1 minesweeper.

F. Updated Order of Battle, 31/3/25

Note: Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction

Battleships: 2(0)+2
Aircraft Carriers: 1(0)+0
Heavy Cruisers: 3(0)+0
Light Cruisers: 11(0)+0
Destroyers: 33(0)+2; 2 others scrapping
Torpedo Boats: 13(0)+0
Submarines: 4(0)+0
Motor Torpedo Boats:
Sloops: 8(0)+0
Minesweepers: 18(0)+2
Monitors: 1(0)+0
Seaplane Tenders: 1(0)+0
Colliers: 4(0)+0
Oilers: 2(1)+0
Destroyer Tenders: 2(0)+0