A. Industrial Allocation
9/26 factories to naval materials: 9,000 tons created for Q4/31. 850 tons saved from Q3/31, for a total of 9,850 tons available.
17/26 factories (committed) to infrastructure development: 1.7 pts + 1.7 bonus pts, for a total of 3.4 pts.
0/26 factories (non-committed) to infrastructure development; total 0.0 infrastructure points produced.
B. Infrastructure Development
Continue 1 Class 3 drydock at Tunis - 3.4 pts added by Q4/31. 0.6pts added in Q4/31 to complete.
Expand Papeete to a Class 3 port - 1.8 pts added by Q4/31. 1.2 pts added in Q4/31 to complete..
Expand Djibuti to a Class 2 port - 1.8 pts added by Q4/31. 1.2 pts added in Q4/31 to complete.
Expand Class 1 drydock at Papeete to Class 3 - 0.2 pts added in Q4/32. 1.8 pts remaining.
0.2 pts transferred to Persia
C. Naval Construction
At La Rochelle
Class 4 Slip #1 - BB Richelieu laid down 3 January 1931. 3,900 tons added by Q4/31. 1,300 tons added in Q4/31. 28,678 tons remaining.
Class 4 Slip #2 - BB Courbet laid down 6 January 1931. 3,900 tons added by Q4/31. 1,300 tons added in Q4/31. 28,678 tons remaining.
Class 3 Slip #1 – CV Vauban laid down 8 January 1931. 4,800 tons added by Q4/31. 1,600 tons added in Q4/31. 6,033 tons remaining
Class 3 Slip #2 -
Class 3 Slip #3 -
Class 3 Slip #4 -
Class 2 Slip #1 -
Class 2 Slip #2 -
Class 1 Slip #1 -
Class 1 Slip #2 -
Class 1 Slip #3 -
Class 1 Slip #4 -
Class 0 Slip #1 -
Class 0 Slip #2 -
Class 0 Slip #3 -
Class 0 Slip #4 -
At Brest
Class 3 Drydock #1 - BB Provence rebuild begun 2 January 1931. 6,000 tons added by Q4/31. 2,000 tons added in Q4/31. 2,429 tons remaining.
Class 2 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 0 Drydock #1 - Idle
Cruise liner Normandie being built in the private yard of Chantiers et Ateliers de St. Nazaire, with a 50% subsidy from the French government - 1,207 tons of gvt materials used. 16,898 total tons added by Q4/31. 2,414 tons added in Q4/31. 29,356 tons remaining.
At Cayenne
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
At Abidjan
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
At Marseilles
Class 3 Drydock #1 – BB Bretagne rebuild begun 2 January 1931. 6,000 tons added by Q4/31. 2,000 tons added in Q4/31. 2,429 tons remaining.
Class 3 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - Idle
At Oran
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 0 Drydock #1 - Idle
At Tunis
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Under construction
At Beiruit
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
At Djibouti
Class 1 Drydock - Idle
At Crozet Island
Class 2 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 – Idle
At Saigon
Class 3 Drydock #1 – Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 0 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - Idle
At New Caledonia
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 2 Drydock #1 – Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - Idle
At Papeete (Cl 2)
Class 1 Drydock - Idle
Launched ships being completed:
None
D. Transactions
0.2 IP transferred to Persia
E. Other Notes
12 420mm coast defense guns from the Obukhov Works, Petrograd and 8 240mm coast defense guns, all in single turrets, being installed at Tangiers and Kho Angar, Djibuti. Order includes 200 420mm rounds per gun, and a licence to produce further ammunition in France.
9,407 tons expended out of 9,850 tons available.
443 tons saved.
12x 12" guns from the scrapped battleship Paris, and 8x 190mm, 16x 164mm and 12x 100mm guns from the scrapped armored cruisers Gloire and Conde incorporated into the coastal defenses at Papeete, French Polynesia.
22x 140mm guns from the scrapped battleship Paris and 16x 155mm and 12x 75mm guns from the scrapped aircraft carriers Normandie and Languedoc incorporated into coast artillery defenses in French Polynesia.
New coast defense guns now available:
- 48x 120mm in 24 twin mounts
12 being installed at Kho Angar, Djibuti
12 being installed at Tangiers
- 108x 10mm AA guns in 54 twin mounts
18 being installed at Kho Angar, Djibuti
18 being installed at Tunis
18 being installed at Tangiers
- 400x 40mm AA guns in 200 twin mounts
24 mounts being installed at Khor Angar, Djibuti
16 being installed at Djibuti
40 being installed at Tunis
40 being installed at Papeete
16 being installed at Noumea
24 being installed at Saigon
The 120mm, 100mm, and 40mm guns above were made from materials produced in Q3/31, and have been installed.
F. Ships being scrapped
None
G. Updated Order of Battle, 1 January 1932
Note:
Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction
BB: 6(2)+2
BC: 0(0)+0
CV:2(0)+1
CA: 6(0)+0
CL: 22(0)+0
Monitors: 5(0)+0
DD: 96(0)+0
Sloops: 0(0)+0
Fleet Submarine: 15(0)+0
Coastal Submarine: 70(0)+0