Chilean Naval Construction
1926 Third Quarter Report
July 1 - September 30, 1926
A. Factories
5/7 factories = 5,000t of material + 0t stockpiled + = 5,000t available
4,325t are used, and 675t transferred, leaving a stockpile of 0t.
2/7 factories (committed) = 0.2 infrastructure pts +
0/7 factories (flexible) = 0.0 pts = 0.0 pts available
B. Infrastructure Development
Continued construction of Type 2 drydock at Talcahuano
0.1 points alotted = 3 total/3 needed = 0.0 needed.
Begin Upgrade of Valparaiso Type 0 slip to Type 1 slip.
0.1 points alotted = 0.1 total/0.5 needed = 0.4 needed.
C. Naval Development and Construction
at Talcahuano:
S3: Construction continues on Armoured Cruiser Capitan Tylor (1,837 tons delivered) 16,632 needed, will require 769 days to complete (finishes late during Q1/192
- 12,575 tons remaining to complete.
S2: Contruction ends on PC-5/CL-5 Maunga Terevaka (123 tons delivered) 6735 tons originally needed, will require 472 day to complete (Rebuild to accomidate alterations- 29 days added to construction time and 123 tons of extra materials needed - now finishes during Q3/1926) - 0 tons remaining. Vessel completed.
S1: idle
D3: idle
D2: idle
D2: idle
D0: idle
at Valparaiso:
S1: idle
S0: Rebuilding into a Type 1 slip.
D1: Continued construction of new Collier Araucano (1,837 tons delivered) 5,677 tons originally needed, will require 441 days to complete (finishes during Q1/1927) - 1,337 tons needed to complete.
at Mejillones:
S0: Laid down DL-4 Teniente Serrano (264 tons delivered) - 669 tons originally needed, will require 291 days to complete (finishes during Q1/1927) - 0 tons needed to complete.
S0: Laid down DL-3 Teniente Aldea (264 tons delivered) - 669 tons originally needed, will require 291 days to complete (finishes during Q1/1927) - 0 tons needed to complete.
D0: idle
Commericial shipyards:
idle
D. Transactions
Deal made to purchase a pair of floatplane carriers and 12 subchasers from Atlantis. Delivery of items:
AV-1 = Q4/1926
SC 1-6 = Q1/1927
AV-3 = Q2/1927
SC 7-12 = Q3/1927
675 tons of material transfered to Atlantis for first of four payments.
Construction of American built Coastal Defense Battleship to begin in Q1/1927 at 2,000 tons per quarter until Q4/1928. Ship to be delivered early in Q1/1929. Vessel currently called
Almirante Gideon.
Deal for American 8"/55 caliber cannon secured for Armored Cruiser
Capitan Tylor.
E. Other Notes
CL-4 Marina Guardia Hyatt completed and working up.
PC-5/CL-5 Maunga Terevaka completed and working up.
F. Updated Order of Battle, September 30, 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--------------2(0)+1
Light Cruisers--------------------4(0)+0
Protected Cruisers--------------4(0)+0
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)+2 {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