...or, "It's amazing how badly a war messes up your plans."
Indian Naval Developments - Q4/1924
A. Industrial Allocation
7 of 11 factories producing warship material for 7,000 tons, plus a stockpile of 741t for 7,741. 7,652 t are used, leaving a stockpile of 89 t.
4 of 11 factories are dedicated to infrastructure material production, and produce 0.4 pts. 0.4 bonus points are also produced this turn.
B. Infrastructure Development
0.8 pts are invested into a Class two drydock at Columbo. 1.5 pts are required to complete the drydock.
C. Naval Construction
At Mumbai
S3: Battleship
Jahangir receives 2197 t
D3: CL
Trincomalee receives 1200 t in repairs.
S2: Idle
S0: Idle
Free-floating: SS
I-4 receives 150 t, completed 15 November.
Free-floating: AO
Ceylon suspended, no work done.
At Columbo
S1:
AM-19 remains suspended, no work done
S0: Idle
At Sikkwe
S1: Idle
S0: Idle
Free-floating: CA
Hyderabad receives 642 t as repairs finish on 15 November
Free-floating: DD
G-127 receives 30 t, repairs completed 10 Oct
At Madras
S3: BB
Akbar receives 2197 t
S2: Idle
S1: Idle
D2: CL
Cochin receives 319 t, completes repairs 1 Nov. CL
Chennai enters drydock 15 Nov, receives 450 t in repairs.
D1: DD
G-133 receives 247 t, repaired 31 November. DD
G-108 enters drydock 10 Dec, receives 70 t in repairs.
D. Transactions
None
E. Other Notes
DD
G-139 , G-140 , SS
I-2 , AM
Kaladan complete shakedown cruises.
CL
Lucknow , DD
G-141 ,
G-142 , SS
I-3 continue shakedown cruises
SS
I-4 commences shakedown cruise.
CA
Hyderabad , CL
Cochin , DD
G-127 ,
G-128 ,
G-133 complete repairs and begin truncated shakedown cruises.
New units laid down this quarter: None. AM-20, SS-5, projected for lay-down this quarter, are cancelled. Work suspended on AO
Ceylon , AM-19.
Revised 1925 estimates are released on 1 December
F. Updated Order of Battle, 31/12/24
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(2)+0
Destroyers: 35(1))+0
Torpedo Boats: 13(0)+0
Submarines: 4(0)+0
Motor Torpedo Boats:
Sloops: 8(0)+0
Minesweepers: 18(0)+1
Monitors: 1(0)+0
Seaplane Tenders: 1(0)+0
Colliers: 4(0)+0
Oilers: 2(1)+0
Destroyer Tenders: 2(0)+0
Edit: Forgot G-108 repairs...