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Tuesday, August 28th 2012, 10:24pm

Ireland, Q4/1942

[SIZE=3]Industrial Allocation [/SIZE]
- 1/2 factories producing 1,000t materials.
- 1/2 factories producing IP.
- 746 tons from stockpile.
- 1800 tons from transactions.
- 264 tons from scrapping.
- 3,810 tons materials total.
- 3,386 tons used.
- 424 tons stockpiled for Q1/43.

[SIZE=3]Infrastructure Development[/SIZE]
1 factory dedicated to IP, produces 0.1 + 0.1 end of quarter IP.

[SIZE=3]Naval Construction[/SIZE]
Gallagher, Burke & Sons, Galway:
Type 1 drydock #1 - Underway Replenishment Ship Banba laid down October 1st, 1942. 2536 tons required. 2536 tons added Q4/42 for a total of 2536 / 2536. 0 / 2536 tons remaining until completion in Q3/1943.
Type 0 drydock #1 - Utility Landing Craft Slieve League laid down October 1st, 1942. 400 tons required. 400 tons added Q4/42 for a total of 400 / 400. 0 / 400 tons remaining until completion in Q3/1943.

Dockside:
- Sail training ship Sir John Sherbrooke laid down January 1st, 1942. 1100 tons required. 50 tons added Q4/42 for a total of 680 / 680. Completed on October 22nd, 1942.

Irish Shipbuilding Company, Rushbrooke Shipyard (Cobh):
Type 0 slip #1 - Upgrading to Type 1 Slip, 0.5 IP of 0.5 IP required.

Dockside:
N/A

Haulbowline Naval Yard:
1 Type 2 drydock #1 - Idle
1 Type 1 drydock #1 - Oceanic Patrol Ship Maeve laid down July 1st, 1942. 1370 tons required. 400 tons added Q4/42 for a total of 800 / 1370. 570 / 1370 remaining until completion in Q2/1943. Launched.

Dockside:
- Frigate Liffey (Shannon-class frigate) laid down January 1st, 1942. 1100 tons required. 0 tons added Q4/42 for a total of 1100 / 1100. 0 / 1100 remaining. Completed on November 30th, 1942.

From factories:
N/A

On Trials:
- Frigate Liffey running trials until Q2/1943.

[SIZE=3]Transactions[/SIZE]
- 1800 tons from Great Britain for two Contae II class destroyers.

[SIZE=3]Scrapping[/SIZE]
- 264 tons in recycling until Q4/42.
- 264 tons in recycling until Q1/43.

[SIZE=3]Other Notes[/SIZE]
- None

[SIZE=3]Order of Battle (Irish Naval Service) as of December 31st, 1942[/SIZE]
Note: X (Y)+Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction - scrapping.
Cruisers:...............................1(0)+0
Destroyers:...........................4(0)+0
Frigates:...............................7(0)+0
Fishery Patrol Sloops:.............2(0)+1
Submarines:.........................10(0)+0
MGB's:.................................16(0)+0
MTB's:.................................16(0)+0
Mine Sweepers:....................0(0)+0
Submarine Chasers:..............8(0)+0
Motor Lifeboat:.....................1(0)+0
Landing Craft:......................0(0)+1
Auxiliaries:...........................3(0)+1
Armed Naval Tugs:...............2(0)+0

[SIZE=3]Summary[/SIZE]
The Haulbowline Dockyard finishes the fourth antisubmarine frigate, Liffey and launches the new oceanic patrol sloop Maeve. The expansion of the Rushbrooke Dockyard continues. The the sail-training ship Sir John Sherbrooke is completed under the Inter-Commonwealth Lending Program. The fleet support ship Banba and the utility landing ship Slieve League are laid down in Galway.

Inter-Commonwealth Lending Program
Totals loaned to date:
- To UK: 4,508 tons
- To Canada: 747 tons + 1,000 tons non-sim purchases.
- To Australia: 680 tons