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German Naval Developments - Q4/23

A. Industrial Allocation

4/11 factories produce 4000 t of warship materials. A stockpile of 1,103 tons brings the total to 5,103 t, of which 4,616 is used in the quarter. A stockpile of 487 t is carried over into the new year.

7/11 factories are committed to manufacturing naval infrastructure materials, producing 0.7 pts. This being the fourth quarter, 0.7 bonus points are also produced, for a total of 1.4 pts.

B. Infrastructure Development

Factory 12 receives 0.4 pts, for a total of 5.0 pts.

The Type 2 slipway at Kiel receives 1.0 pts, completing it.

C. Naval Construction

At Wilhelmshaven

1 Type 2 drydock: Idle
1 Type 1 slip: Patrol Boat VP-6 , receives 319 t, launched 15/11/23
1 Type 0 slip: Idle
1 Type 0 slip: Idle
1 Type 0 drydock: Idle
Free-floating: Patrol Boat VP-5 receives 105 t, completing on 30/10/23

At Bremerhaven

1 Type 2 slip: CL Konigsburg receives 1383 t, launches 1/11/23
1 Type 1 slip: Idle
1 Type 1 drydock: Idle
1 Type 0 slip: Idle
Free-floating:

At Cuxhaven

1 Type 3 slip: Idle
1 Type 3 drydock: Idle
1 Type 2 slip:
1 Type 1 slip: AM R-5 laid down 1/10/23, receives 319 t
1 Type 0 slip: Idle
Free-floating: CL Karlsruhe receives 1383 t.
Free-floating: AM R-3 receives 319 t.

At Kiel

1 Type 2 drydock: Idle
1 Type 1 slips: AM R-6 laid down 1/10/23, receives 319 t
1 Type 1 drydock: Idle
2 Type 0 slips: Idle
1 Type 0 drydock: Idle
Free-floating: AM R-4 receives 319 t.

Commercial shipyard at Kiel builds one 150 t coastal submarine chaser.

D. Transactions

None

E. Other Notes

Patrol boat VP-5 begins shake-down cruise.

New Orders: 2 minesweepers

F. Updated Order of Battle, 31/12/23

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

BB: 3(0)+0
PD: 3(0)+0
CL: 10()+2
DD: 24
SL: 5(0)+1
AM: 2(0)+4

Note: PD = pre-dreadnought

Just out of curiousity what does AM stand for? I'm also wondering how many smaller vessels germany has in its navy. Given that smaller ships seem to be unlimited in both the Ct and VT I'd assume that Germany will have many.

AM is the American abbreviation for minesweeper: Auxiliary, Minesweeper

As of the end of quarter, there are six patrol boats, six minesweepers, and fourteen small submarine chasers either in service or under construction. There are likely also a couple of training ships, plus stuff like tugs, net layers, and so forth, but not a whole lot.

Though the treaties don't limit some of the miscellaneous craft I can build, Versaille historically limited German manpower as well as ships; I assume this limit, increased to be in-line with our Versaille limitations, are also in effect. That'll stop me from building too much light stuff.

J