Indian Naval Developments - Q4/1923
A. Industrial Allocation
6/11 factories producing warship material = 6,000 t, plus a stockpile of 194 t, for a total of 6,194 t. 6,069 t are used, leaving a stockpile of 125 tons.
5/11 factories are dedicated to producing infrastructure material, = 0.5 pts. 0.5 bonus points are produced in this quarter.
B. Infrastructure Development
The Type 3 slipway at Mumbai receives 1.0 pts, for a total of 2.5 pts.
C. Naval Construction
At Mumbai
D3: Passenger liner
Sahasi receives 76 t, completes refit into service as destroyer tender
Captain Kushil Iraani .
S2: DD
G-139 receives 363 t, launched 15/11/23
S0: Idle
Free-floating: DD
G-135 receives 152 t, completes 10/11/23
At Columbo
S1: DD
G-140 receives 363 t, launched 15/11/23
S0: AM-17
Jhekun laid down 1/10/23, receives 309 t
Free-floating: DD
G-136 receives 152 t, completed 10/11/23
Free-floating: AM-16
Kaveri receives 156 t, completed 15/8/23
At Sikkwe
S1: DD
G-141 laid down 1/10/23, receives 363 t
S0: SL
S-110 laid down 1/10/23, receives 300 t
Free-floating: DD
G-137 receives 363 t
Free-floating:
S-109 receives 145 t, completed 30/10/23
At Madras
S3: CL
Lucknow receives 1200 t, launched 30/10/23
S2: Idle
S1: DD
G-142 laid down 1/10/23, receives 363 t
D2: Idle
D1: Idle
Free-floating: DD
G-138 receives 363 t
Free-floating: CL
Trincomalee receives 1201 t, completes 31/12/23
The commercial shipyard at Cochin builds 2 100t motor torpedo boats
D. Transactions
None
E. Other Notes
DD
G-134, S-107 , AM
Banas , DT
Commodore Laloo Sen complete shakedown cruises
AO
Mahanadi , SL
S-106 ,
S-108 , AM
Tapi continue shakedown cruises
CL
Trincomalee , DD
G-135 &
G-136 , AM
Kaveri , SL
S-109 , DDT
Captain Iraani begin shakedown cruises
New units laid down this quarter: two destroyers, one sloop, one minesweeper.
1924 Estimates are tabled on 1 December 1923 [see news].
F. Updated Order of Battle, 31/12/23
Note:
Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction
Battleships: 2(0)+0
Aircraft Carriers: 1(0)+0
Heavy Cruisers: 3(0)+0
Light Cruisers: 11(0)+1
Destroyers: 30(0)+6
Torpedo Boats: 13(0)+0
Submarines: 1(0)+0
Motor Torpedo Boats:
Sloops: 9(0)+1
Minesweepers: 16(0)+1
Monitors: 1(0)+0
Seaplane Tenders: 1(0)+0
Colliers: 4(0)+0
Oilers: 1(0)+0
Destroyer Tenders: 2(0)+0