Chilean Naval Construction
1926 First Quarter Report
January 1 - March 31
A. Factories
4/7 factories = 4,000t of material + 0t stockpiled + = 4,000t available
4000t are used, and 0t transferred, leaving a stockpile of 0t.
2/7 factories (committed) = 0.2 infrastructure pts +
1/7 factories (flexible) = 0.1 pts = 0.3 pts available
B. Infrastructure Development
Continued construction of Type 2 drydock at Talcahuano
0.3 points alotted = 2.6 total/3 needed = 0.4 needed to complete
C. Naval Development and Construction
at Talcahuano:
S3: Laid down Armoured Cruiser Capitan Tylor (720 tons delivered) 16,632 needed, will require 769 days to complete (finishes late during Q1/192
- 15,912 remaining to complete.
S2: Continued contruction on PC-5/CL-5 Maunga Terevaka (1,500 tons delivered) 6735 tons originally needed, will require 472 day to complete (finishes during Q2/1926) - 687 tons remaining to complete.
S1: idle
D3: idle
D2: *under construction
D2: Armoured Cruiser Esmeralda undergoing repairs (637 tons delivered) 637 tons needed, will complete in 55 days (Finished by end of Q1/1926).
D0: idle
at Valparaiso:
S1: Continued contruction on CL-4 Guardia Marina Hyatt (143 tons delivered) 4,191 tons originally needed, will require 396 days to complete (finishes during Q1/1926) - 0 tons needed to complete.
S0: idle
D1: Laided down new Collier Araucano (1,000 tons delivered) 5,677 tons originally needed, will require 441 days to complete (finishes during Q1/1927) - 4,177 tons needed to complete.
at Mejillones:
S0: idle
S0: idle
D0: idle
Commericial shipyards:
idle
D. Transactions
Purchase of 203 mm cannon from Italy appoved. Payment to be made upon delivery of the first units in Q2/1926.
E. Other Notes
DD-18 Capitan Simpson completed and working up.
DL-1 Teniente Riquelme completed and working up.
DL-2 Teniente Videla completed and working up.
CL-4 Marina Guardia Hyatt completed and working up.
Armored Cruiser Esmeralda's forward gun is repaired and the vessel is sent back into service in early March
Armored Cruiser Capitan Tylor is laided down this quarter.
F. Updated Order of Battle, March 31, 1926
Note:
Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction
Dreadnought Battleships------2(0)+0
Predreadnoughts----------------2(0)+0
Coast Defense Ships-----------1(0)+0
Armoured Cruisers--------------1(1)+1
Light Cruisers--------------------4(0)+0
Protected Cruisers--------------3(0)+1
Destroyers------------------------8(0)+0 {1,200 tons std and up}
Destroyers (old)-----------------7(0)+0 {under 1,200 tons std: old}
Light Destroyers-----------------2(0)+0 {under 1,200 tons std: new}
Submarines-----------------------6(0)+0
Colliers-----------------------------1(0)+1
Sail Training Sloop---------------1(0)+0
Transports-------------------------2(0)+0
-Emergency Use-
Patrol Boats---------11(0)+0
Transports-----------12(0)+0
Museum Ships--------1(0)+0