Indian Naval Developments - Q1/1925
A. Industrial Allocation
8 of 11 factories producing warship material for 8,000 tons, plus a stockpile of 239 t for 8,239 t. 7,539 t are used, leaving a stockpile of 700 t.
3 of 11 factories are dedicated to infrastructure material production, and produce 0.3 pts.
B. Infrastructure Development
0.3 pts are invested into a Class two drydock at Columbo. 1.2 pts are required to complete the drydock.
C. Naval Construction
At Mumbai
S3: Battleship
Jahangir receives 2197 t
D3: CL
Trincomalee receives 820 t in repairs, completes repairs 3/3/25.
S2: DD
G-144 laid down 1/1/25, receives 387 t
S0: Idle
Free-floating: AO
Ceylon receives 333 t
At Columbo
S1:
AM-19 receives 93 t
S0: Idle
At Sikkwe
S1: DD
G-143 laid down 1/1/25, receives 387 t
S0: Idle
Free-floating: DD
G-108 receives 120 t, completes repairs 14/2/25
At Madras
S3: BB
Akbar receives 2197 t, launched 1/3/25
S2: Idle
S1:
AM-20 laid down 1/1/25, receives 279 t
D2: CL
Chennai receives 726 t in repairs, completed 10/3/25
D1: DD
G-101 begins final scrapping 1/3/25, will be done 10/4/25
Free-floating: DD
G-101 deleted for scrapping 1/1/25, 60% scrapped 1/3/25, moved to D1
Free-floating: DD
G-103 deleted for scrapping, 20/2/25, 40% scrapped at quarter’s end.
D. Transactions
DD
G-101, G-103, G-104 , TB
T-6, T-7 to be deleted for scrapping in 1925.
G-101 materials: 0.15 * 900 t = 135 t expected, 90% in Q4, 10% in Q1/25
G-103 materials: 0.15* 900 t = 135 t expected, 40% in Q4, 60% in Q1/25
E. Other Notes
CL
Lucknow , DD
G-141 ,
G-142 , SS
I-3 complete shakedown cruises
SS
I-4 continues shakedown cruise.
CL
Trincomalee ,
Chennai , DD
G-108 complete repairs and begin truncated shakedown cruises.
Work resumes on AO
Ceylon ,
AM-19
New units laid down this quarter: 2 destroyers, 1 minesweeper.
F. Updated Order of Battle, 31/3/25
Note:
Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction
Battleships: 2(0)+2
Aircraft Carriers: 1(0)+0
Heavy Cruisers: 3(0)+0
Light Cruisers: 11(0)+0
Destroyers: 33(0)+2; 2 others scrapping
Torpedo Boats: 13(0)+0
Submarines: 4(0)+0
Motor Torpedo Boats:
Sloops: 8(0)+0
Minesweepers: 18(0)+2
Monitors: 1(0)+0
Seaplane Tenders: 1(0)+0
Colliers: 4(0)+0
Oilers: 2(1)+0
Destroyer Tenders: 2(0)+0