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Indian Naval Developments - Q1/1929

A. Industrial Allocation

10 of 11 factories producing warship material for 10,000 tons, plus a stockpile of 39 t and 90 t of scrap for 10,129 t. 9,859 t are used, leaving a stockpile of 270 t.

1755 of warship material received from the Philippines, put directly into CV Sulu.

1 of 11 factories are dedicated to infrastructure material production, and produces 0.1 pts.

B. Infrastructure Development

A Type 1 port is commenced at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago. India invests 0.1 pts into it this quarter.

C. Naval Construction

At Mumbai

S3: BB Shah Jahan laid down 1/1/29, receives 2205 t
S2: Idle
S0: Idle
D3: CL Chennai receives 258 t, completes reconstruction into training ship 31/01/29
Free-floating: AT Captain-Lieutenant Narain Yadav receives 513 t
Free-floating: CA Vadodara receives 1,603 t
Free-floating: DD Jabalpur undergoes refit, receives 267 t, completed 15/3/29
Free-floating: MT Chandragupta receives 600 t, completes repairs 31/3/29

At Trincomalee

S1: Idle
S0: SS I-15 laid down, receives 300 t, launched 28/2/29
D2: Idle; scrapping of collier Cauvery postponed in order to keep drydock clear for emergencies.

At Sittwe

S1: Idle
S0: Three 40 t MTB built using 120 t
D0: Idle

At Chennai

S3: Idle
S2: AT Lieutenant Arjun Karthikeyan receives 513 t, launched 15/02/29S1: Idle
D2: Idle
D1: Idle
Free-floating: Filipino CV Sulu receives 1755 t
Free-floating: Tender Lieutenant Narayan Bajpai receives 340 t, completed 31/01/29
Free-floating: CA Varanasi receives 1603 t
Free-floating: DD Jamshedpur undergoes refit, receives 267 t, completed 15/3/29

At Male

D1: Ex-Filipino cruiser Panay scrapped
Free-floating: CL Lucknow receives 333 t, completes repairs 31/1/29.

At Kaoshiun, Formosa; AR Otta on hand to repair specialized equipment

Free-floating: CA Bangalore receives 56 t in repairs between 10/2/29 and 20/2/29
Free-floating: CL Agra receives 113 t in repairs between 10/2/29 and 30/2/39
Free-floating: DD Khulna receives 120 t in repairs between 10/2/29 and 10/3/29
Free-floating: DD Gwalior receives 40 t in repairs between 10/2/29 and 20/2/29
Free-floating: DD Multan receives 29 t in repairs between 10/2/29 and 18/2/29

Commercial yards at Chennai build three ASW launches totalling 579 t

D. Transactions

Scrapping of collier Cauvery deferred until resolution of Filipino hostilities.

In March 1929, educated observers will note activity at Chennai’s class 3 slipway that is consistent with the imminent lay-down of a capital ship.

DD Thimphu sunk 27/1/29 by revolutionary Filipino forces.

E. Other Notes

CL Pune, AM Kaunala complete shakedown cruise.

CL Surat, AT Rane continue shakedown cruise.

CL Jaipur, S-117, S-119, S-119 complete truncated shakedown cruises.

AT Bajpai commences shakedown cruise.

Cruisers Bangalore, Dhaka, Lucknow, Agra, training cruiser Chennai, DD Khulna, Gwalior, Multan, Jamshedpur, Jabalpur begin truncated shakedown cruises.

New units laid down this quarter: 1 BB, 1 SS(C), 3 ASL, 3 MTB

F. Updated Order of Battle, 31/3/29

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

Battleships: 3(0)+1
Aircraft Carriers: 1(0)+0
Heavy Cruisers: 3(0)+2
Light Cruisers: 13(0)+0
Destroyers: 30(0)+0
Torpedo Boats: 1(0)+0
Submarines: 13(0)+1
Motor Torpedo Boats: 55+0
Sloops: 14(0)+0
ASW Launches: 37(0)+0
Minelayers: 4(0)+0
Minesweepers: 22(0)+0
Monitors: 1(0))+0

Seaplane Tenders: 1(0)+0
Colliers: 1(0)+0
Oilers: 3(0)+0
Tenders: 4(0)+2
Repair Ships: 1(0)+0

Interesting fact: BB/CV to cruiser to DD ratio = 1:4:7.5