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Indian Naval Developments - Q2/1929

A. Industrial Allocation

10 of 11 factories producing warship material for 10,000 tons, plus a stockpile of 270 t and 315 t from South Africa (licences) for 10,585 t. 9,890 t are used, leaving a stockpile of 695 t.

390 t of warship material received from the Philippines, put directly into CV Sulu.

1 of 11 factories are dedicated to infrastructure material production, and produces 0.1 pts.

B. Infrastructure Development

The Type 1 port at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago receives 0.1 pts. Combined input from India and South Africa at the end of the quarter equals 0.6 pts.

C. Naval Construction (From West to East)

At Mumbai

S3: BB Shah Jahan receives 2205 t
S2: AT Petty Officer Shveta Ramalingam laid down 1/4/29, receives 513 t
S0: Idle
D3: Idle
Free-floating: AT Captain-Lieutenant Narain Yadav receives 340 t, completed 31/5/29
Free-floating: CA Vadodara receives 1,603 t
Free-floating: DD Johdpur undergoes refit, receives 267 t, completed 15/6/29
Free-floating: DD Meerut undergoes refit, receives 267 t, completed 15/6/29

At Male

D1: Idle

At Trincomalee

S1: Idle
S0: SS I-16 laid down, receives 300 t, launched 28/2/29
D2: Idle
Free-floating: SS I-15 receives 151, completed 15/5/29

At Chennai

S3: Idle
S2: CVS Gaudhi Sagar laid down 1/4/29, receives 1098 t
S1: IdleD2: Idle
D1: Idle
Free-floating: Filipino CV Sulu receives 390 t, completed 22/4/29
Free-floating: CA Varanasi receives 1603 t
Free-floating: AT Lieutenant Arjun Karthikeyan receives 513 t
Commercial yards: Three ASW launches built, totalling 579 t

At Sittwe

S1: SP Nanda Devi laid down 1/4/29, receives 327 t
S0: Three 40 t MTB built using 120 t
D0: Idle

At Iba, Philippines

AR Otta: Various motor torpedo boats receive a total of 10 t in repair work over the course of April.

D. Transactions

Scrapping of collier Cauvery cancelled

MTB M35 sunk 8 April. MTB M42 sunk 10 April.

E. Other Notes

CL Surat, AT Rane complete shakedown cruise.

AT Bajpai continues shakedown cruise.

SS I-15, AT Yadav commence shakedown cruise

DD Johdpur, Meerut commence truncated shakedown cruise

New units laid down this quarter: 1 CVS, 1 SP [Patrol Sloop], 1 SS, 1 AT, 3 ASL, 3 MTB

F. Updated Order of Battle, 30/6/29

Note: Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction

Battleships: 3(0)+1
Aircraft Carriers: 1(0)+0
Heavy Cruisers: 3(0)+2
Light Cruisers: 13(0)+0; one other rebuilding as training ship
Destroyers: 30(0)+0
Torpedo Boats: 1(0)+0
Submarines: 14(0)+1
Motor Torpedo Boats: 52+0
Sloops: 14(0)+1
ASW Launches: 40(0)+0
Minelayers: 4(0)+0
Minesweepers: 22(0)+0
Monitors: 1(0))+0

Seaplane Carriers: 1(0)+1
Colliers: 1(0)+0
Oilers: 3(0)+0
Tenders: 5(0)+2
Repair Ships: 1(0)+0

One MTB lost in March 1929 was not reflected in the Q1 roster tally; it is reflected here.