Q4/1943 activity
Kingdom of Belgium
4/5 factories producing naval materials: 4,000 tons created for Q4/43 . 4,000 total tons + 445 stockpiled from previous quarter + 0 tons from scrapping = 4,445 tons
3,513 tons used. 932 tons left for Q1/44
1/5 factories committed for 1943 to infrastructure development = 0.1 ip + 0.1ip bonus
B. Infrastructure Development
+0.2 point to Belgian factory, 4.6 ip total
C. Naval Construction
Zeebrugge:
Class 1 slip :- Empty
Class 1 slip :- Empty
Class 1 drydock :- Empty
Ostend:
Class 0 slip :- Empty
Class 0 slip :- Empty
Class 0 drydock:- Empty
Antwerp:
Class 3 slip :-
Class 1 slip :- Empty
Class 0 slip :- Empty
Class 3 drydock:-
Class 2 drydock:-
Class 1 drydock:- Empty
=========================Ships afloat: ===========================
Zeebrugge:
1 x Groenendael class DT, laid down October 1st, 1942 9775t total, 7 quarters, 5275 tons committed, 1500 tons added. Launched
1 x Groenendael class DT, laid down October 1st, 1942 9775t total, 7 quarters, 5275 tons committed, 1500 tons added. Launched
Ostend:
Antwerp:
C. Ships on shakedown cruises:
1st Three Months
CL-4 Wielingen
2nd Three Months
D. Transactions
E. Other Notes
Surveying for coastal batteries commenced.
Locations : Niuwport, Ostende, Blankenberge, Zeebrugge, Nieuweluis, Antwerp, and Breezand.
4 Experimental Coastal Gun battery turrets produced, two with 9.2 gun & 80 degree elevation, two with 152mm gun and 80 degree elevation. Both experimental coastal mountings feature a 75 mm cast lining, connected by 500mm steel rods to 25mm (50mm front) shell of hardened armor sections, with the intervening space filled with concrete. The intention is the hardened armor will damage or defeat the shell outright, the concrete will aborb the KE and ensure any penetrating shell will detonate prior to the interior lining. The cast lining, formidable armor in it's own right, offers the final layer of protection against any damaged shells reaching it, or ejecta from partial penetrations.
9.2 turret dimensions : 9.3m long, 7m wide, 3.4m high, front slope 23deg, side 19deg.
9.2 armor weight (tanksharp) 110ts, gun weight (springsharp) 48.7ts, total paid weight : 158.7ts (vs. std springsharp 84.4ts)
152mm turret dimensions : 6m long, 5m wide, 3m high, front slope 20deg, side 10deg.
152mm armor weight (tanksharp) 67.6ts, gun weight (springsharp) 13.4ts, total paid weight : 81ts (vs. std springsharp 34.5ts)
Note, both turrets scaled from singles on HMS Glatton and tanksharped for steel weight est
6 standard Coastal Gun battery turrets produced, two with 9.2 gun & 80 degree elevation, two with 152mm gun and 80 degree elevation, two with 4.7mm gun & 30 degree elevation . All with sloped 200mm face, 150mm all round. Springsharp weights 103ts, 45.8ts, 30.8ts
4 AA turret produced, two with 125mm & 80 degrees elevation, two with 90mm and 80 degree elevation, both with sloped faces, 130mm face, 65mm sides. Springsharp weights 15ts, 7.8ts.
Total Coastal Gun tonnage for testing : 513 tons standard.
F. Updated Order of Battle-
1x Bismarck-B class Armored Cruiser
3 x Ballarat B design escort cruiser
1 x Ballarat C design escort cruiser
6 x PC-22-A2 design escort sloop
SC Zinnia
Training Sloop Artevelde
16 x 1939 DD
6 x Minewarfare MS-26B
9 x Minesweepers Struma IIB
48 x Mexican Torpedo boat
24 x riverine patrol
F. Updated Order of Battle-
Note: X (Y)+Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction.
Heavy Cruisers : 1 (0) 0
Light Cruisers : 4 (0) 0
Destroyers : 18 (0) 0
Sloops : 1 (0) 0
Escorts : 6 (0) 0
Minewarfare : 6 (0) 0
Minesweepers : 9 (0) 0
Patrol craft : 0 (0) 0
MTB : 48 (0) 0
Riverine patrol : 24
Training ships : 1 (0) 0
Depot Ships : 0 (0) 2