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THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA: Q4/1940 REPORT

A. Industrial Output
7 Factories:
Fixed IP: 0
Flexible IP: 0
Ship Tonnage: 7,000 tons

B. Transfers and Acquisitions
2,190 tons to Germany for first battlecruiser (Veinticinco de Mayo)
2,190 tons to Germany for second battlecruiser (Constelación)
500 tons from Chile for one minelayer (Covadonga)
1,000 tons from Paraguay

C. Unit Relocations
One MZ1 Landing Craft commissioned into the 1st Landing Craft Flotilla

D. Navy Programme
Resources Allocated: 7,000 tons
Previous Surplus: 430.8 tons
Unused Scrap: 0t
Construction Requirements (See Appendix A): 4,462 tons
Total surplus: 88.8 tons
Scrap Available: 0t [1,062 tons being recycled, second quarter, should become available next quarter, anther 531 tons being recycled and should become available Q3/41]

E. Infrastructure Programme

Resources Allocated: 0 IP
Previous Surplus: 0 IP
Resources Used: 0 IP
Carry-over: 0 IP

F. Summary Order Of Battle at End of Quarter
Note: X (Y) +Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction.

Battleships: 2 + (0) + 0
Battlecruisers: 1 + 2
Aircraft Carriers: 2 + 0
Heavy Cruisers: 2 + 0
Light Cruisers: 11 + 0 (plus one rated as gunnery training ship)
Destroyer Leaders 1 + 0
Destroyers: 30 + 3
Submarines: 6 + 0
Torpedo Boats: 9 + 0
Escorts/ Minesweepers: 18 + 0
Yacht/ Sloop: 1 + 0
Patrol Gunboats: 24 + 0 (Project 611 Class boats)
Large River Gunboats: 7 + 0
Small River Gunboats: 20 + 0
MTBs: 17 + 0
Landing Craft: 3 + 0
Training Ships: 3 + 0 (one static drill ship)
Dispatch Vessels: 16 + 0
Patrol Icebreaker: 0 + 1
Oilers: 3 +1
Transports: 7 +0
Repair Ships: 1 + 0
Survey Ships: 1 +0
Tugboats: 7 +0
Crane Ships: 1 +0

G. Miscellaneous Works

APPENDIX A: DETAILED SHIPBUILDING REPORT
Specifying only slips and docks currently in use. All not mentioned are assumed to be empty.

AFNE Bahia Blanca:
1 Type 3 slip
2 Type 1 slips
4 Type 0 slips
1 Type 3 drydock

Astillero Nav. at Puerto Belgrano:
1 Type 2 slip
1 Type 1 slip
2 Type 1 drydocks

Tandanor at Comodoro Rividavia:
1 Type 1 slip
1 Type 0 slip
1 Type 2 drydock
2 Type 0 drydocks

AFNE Paraguay at Encarnation:
1 Type 0 slip
1 Type 0 drydock


AFNE Bahia Blanca:

S-3a:
Dona Dorothea Project 710 Class Tanker
Laid Down: 1 December 1939
Launched: 1 June 1940
1,150 tons this quarter for 5,750 tons
Completion due 1 March 1941

S-1a:
Piedra Buena Project 706D Patrol Icebreaker
Laid Down: 1 October 1940
Launched: 1 April 1941
1,013 tons this quarter for 1,013 tons
Completion due 1 December 1941

S-1b:
Santa Cruz Project 421 1939 Class Destroyer
Laid Down: 1 April 1940
Launched: 1 August 1940
478 tons this quarter for 1,434 tons
Completion due 15 January 1941

S-0a:

Astillero Nav. Puerto Belgrano:

S-2:
Covadonga Project 324B Minelayer Cruiser
Laid Down: 1 January 1940
Launched: 1 May 1940
656 tons this quarter for 2,600 tons
Completed 20 November 1940

S-1:
Sparta Project 421 1939 Class Destroyer
Laid Down: 1 April 1940
Launched: 1 August 1940
478 tons this quarter for 1,434 tons
Completion due 15 January 1941

D-1a: RTS 308 ex-Captain Fernando being scrapped, final quarter, material to join stockpile Q1/41. Ship displaces 3,540 tons so 531 tons is recoverable

Tandanor Comodoro Rividavia:

S-1:
Rivadavia Project 423 Class Destroyer
Laid Down: 1 October 1940
Launched: 1 January 1941
487 tons this quarter for 487 tons
Completion due 20 August 1941

S-0:

AFNE Paraguay at Encarnation:
N/A

Light Craft:
One Project 612 MZ1 Landing Craft 200 tons