Indian Naval Developments - Q3/1926
A. Industrial Allocation
11 of 11 factories producing warship material for 11,000 tons, plus a stockpile of 915 t for 11,915 t. 11,047 t are used, leaving a stockpile of 868 t.
0 of 11 factories are dedicated to infrastructure material production, and produce 0.0 pts. Go figure.
B. Infrastructure Development
None
C. Naval Construction
At Mumbai
S3: Idle
S2: CL Agra receives 1313 t.
S0: Idle
D3: Begins scrapping AC Krishna
Free-floating: BB Jahangir receives 2,197 t
At Columbo
S1: DD G-148 receives 387 t, launched 15/8/26
S0: Idle
D2: Begins scrapping AC Indrayati
Free-floating: SS I-8 receives 387 t
At Sittwe
S1: Minelayer L-1 receives 183 t, launched 31/7/26; Minelayer L-2 laid down 1/9/26, receives 183 t
S0: Builds three anti-submarine launches, using a total of 579 t.
D0: Idle
At Chennai
S3: CV Urumi receives 1727 t
S2: CL Dhaka laid down 1/8/26, receives 876 t
S1: DD G-149 laid down 1/7/26, receives 387 t
D2: CL Sittwe (erroneously noted as Goa in earlier reports) receives 258 t, completes rebuilding 31/7/26
D1: Scrapping destroyers as required
Free-floating: BB Akbar receives 2197 t
Free-floating: CV Urumi (launched last quarter) receives 1727 t
Free-floating: DD G-147 receives 387 t
Commercial yards at Chennai build three 40 t MTB
D. Transactions
DD G-111 completes scrapping. T-9 and T-11 scrapped.
AC Krishna, Indrayati begin scrapping
E. Other Notes
SS I-6, TB T-19 complete shakedown cruises.
DD G-145, G-146, SS I-7 continue shakedown cruises
CL Sittwe commences shakedown cruise
New units laid down this quarter: 1 CL, 1 DD, 1 AL, 3 ASL, 3 MTB
F. Updated Order of Battle, 31/9/26
Note:
Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction
Battleships: 2(0)+2
Aircraft Carriers: 1(0)+1
Heavy Cruisers: 3(0)+0
Light Cruisers: 11()+2
Destroyers: 33(0)+3
Torpedo Boats: 9(0)+0
Submarines: 6(0)+1
Motor Torpedo Boats: 37+0
Sloops: 8(0)+0
ASW Launches: 8(0)+0
Minelayers: 0(0)+2
Minesweepers: 20(0)+0
Monitors: 1(0)+0
Seaplane Tenders: 1(0)+0
Colliers: 2(0)+0; 2 others scrapping
Oilers: 3(0)+0
Destroyer Tenders: 2(0)+0