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Argentine Q4/1933 Report

Seven factories producing 7000tons of warship material a quarter or 2333tons per month

STATUS AS OF 31/12/33
at Bahia Blanca:
1 Type 3 slip CA La Argentina 565.3 tons per month
1 Type 1 slips 1933 Class DD 1 149.5 tons per month launched Aug
1 Type 1 slips
1 Type 0 slips N/A
1 Type 0 slips N/A
1 Type 0 slips N/A
1 Type 0 slips N/A
1 Type 3 drydock N/A
at Puerto Belgrano:
1 Type 2 slip Hipolito 321.5 tons per month (launch Jan 34)
1 Type 1 slip 1933 Class DD 2 149.5 tons per month launched Aug
2 Type 1 drydock N/A
at Comodoro Rividavia:
1 Type 0 slips N/A
1 Type 1 slips Mendoza 7 165 tons per month launched Aug
1 Type 2 drydock N/A
2 Type 0 drydocks N/A

Completion 31/12/33

La Argentina 1695.9 tons = 14.5% complete
Hipolito 1929 tons = 45.63% complete
1933 No.1 1345 tons = 85.7% complete 225 tons needed 1.5 months
1933 No.2 1345 tons = 85.7% complete
Mendoza No.7 1485 tons = 84.2% complete 277 tons needed 1.5 months
P Class 2 973 tons = 100% complete end of Dec

Small craft: N/A

Refits: N/A

Total construction costs
Oct tons 1448.1 tons
Nov tons 1448.1 tons
Dec tons 1448.1 tons

Total: 4344.3 tons
Carry over from Q3= 10 tons

Foreign payments:
1631.5 tons to Germany for 1 cruiser (penultimate payment)
1000 tons to Atlantis for 4 cruisers (penultimate payment)

Payments received: 801 tons from Siam for rebuild of Trinidad

Total Cost tons: 6975.8 tons
Carry over to Q1 1934: 835.2 tons


Order of Battle, 31 December
Note: Y) +Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction.

Battleships: 2(0)+0
Battlecruisers: 2(0)+0
Coast Defence Battleships: 0(0)+0
Heavy Cruisers: 3(0)+1
Light Cruisers: 10(0)+2 (one cruiser gunnery training ship)
Destroyer Leaders 2(0)+0
Destroyers: 24(0)+3
Escorts/ Minesweepers 8(0)+0
Submarines: 4(0)+0
Torpedo Boats: 15(0)+0
Fast Torpedo Craft: 18(0)
Gunboats: 5(0)+0
River Gunboats: 18(0)+0
Patrol Gunboats 6(0)+0 (Project 611 boats)
Minelayers: 1(0)+0
Training Ships: 1(0)+0
Despatch Vessels: 16(0)+0
Oilers: 1(0)+0
Transports: 7(0)+0
Survey Ships:1(0)+0
Tugboats: 3(0)+0
Crane Ships: 1(0)+0