Republic of France Report, Q4/29

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Thursday, January 26th 2006, 12:49pm

A. Industrial Allocation

4/26 factories to naval materials: 4,000 tons created for Q4/1929. 4,000 tons saved from Q3/29 and 760 tons from scrapping, for a total of 8,760 tons available.

22/26 factories (committed) to infrastructure development: 2.2 pts plus 2.2 bonus pts created in Q4/29.

0/26 factories (non-committed) to infrastructure development; total 0.0 infrastructure points produced.

Total infrastructure points available in Q4/29 – 4.4

B. Infrastructure Development
Build 1 Class 1 Port at Djibuti - 1.8 pts added by Q4/29, 1.2 added in Q4/29 to complete.
Build 1 Class 1 Port at Papeete - 1.8 pts added by Q4/29, 1.2 added in Q4/29 to complete

Build 1 Class 3 Drydock at Noumea - 2.4 pts added by Q4/29, 1.6 added in Q4/29 to complete
Build 1 Class 1 Slip at Noumea - 0.6 pts added by Q4/29, 0.4 pts in Q4/29 to complete.

Begin 1 Class 3 drydock at Tunis - 0.2 pts added in Q4/29

C. Naval Construction

At La Rochelle
Class 4 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 4 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 3 Slip #1 – Idle
Class 3 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 3 Slip #3 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 1 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 3 Slip #4 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 2 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 2 Slip #1 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 3 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 2 Slip #2 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 4 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 1 Slip #1 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 5 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 1 Slip #2 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 6 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 1 Slip #3 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 7 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 1 Slip #4 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 8 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #3 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #4 - Idle

At Brest
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 2 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.
Class 0 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.

At Cayenne
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle

At Abidjan
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle

At Marseilles
Class 3 Drydock #1 – Idle
Class 3 Slip #1 - Le Terrible class destroyer # 9 laid down 2 January 1929 - 1,075 tons added by Q4/29. 258 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.
Class 0 Slip #1 - Idle
Class 0 Slip #2 - Idle

At Oran
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 0 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.

At Beiruit
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.

At Djibouti
Class 1 Port completed

At Crozet Island
Class 2 Drydock #1 - Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 – Petrel class submarine being scrapped.

At Saigon
Class 3 Drydock #1 – Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.
Class 0 Drydock #1 - Petrel class submarine being scrapped.
Class 0 Slip #1 - Emilia class patrol boat #13 laid down 3 July 1929 - 194 tons added by Q4/29. 192 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 0 Slip #2 - Emilia class patrol boat #14 laid down 3 July 1929 - 194 tons added by Q4/29. 192 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.

At New Caledonia
Class 3 Drydock #1 - Under construction
Class 2 Drydock #1 – Idle
Class 1 Drydock #1 – Petrel class submarine being scrapped.
Class 1 Slip #1 - Under Construction
Class 0 Slip #1 - Emilia class patrol boat #15 laid down 3 July 1929 - 194 tons added by Q4/29. 192 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.
Class 0 Slip #2 - Emilia class patrol boat #16 laid down 3 July 1929 - 194 tons added by Q4/29. 192 tons added in Q4/29 to complete.

At Papeete
Class 1 Port completed

Launched ships being completed:

None

D. Transactions

Ordered 12 420mm coast defense guns from the Obukhov Works, Petrograd. Order includes 200 420mm rounds per gun, and a licence to produce further ammunition in France. Each gun weighs 135 tons, and the shells per gun weigh 225 tons. The total order comes to 4,320 tons, and a total of 5,000 tons of warship material will be paid to the Russian Federation.

1,000 tons warship material sent to the Russian Federation as an initial payment in Q4/29. Balance of 4,000 tons will be paid over 1930.

E. Other Notes
12 single turrets for 420mm guns started. Each requires 400 tons warship materials, for a total of 4,800 tons required. 80 tons added to each, for a total of 960 tons expended in Q4/29. 3,840 tons remaining.

48 120mm Model 1924 ordered, in 24 dual mounts - 30 tons per mount, for a total of 720 tons created in Q4/29.

8 240mm/50 Model 1927 ordered, in single turrets - 200 tons each. 40 tons added to each in Q4/29, for a total of 320 tons. 160 tons each remaining, for a total of 1280 tons remaining.

108x 100mm AA guns in 54 twin mounts ordered - 15 tons per mount, for a total of 810 tons added in Q4/29

400x 40mm AA guns in 200 twin mounts ordered - 5 tons per mount including guns, for a total of 1,000 tons expended in Q4/29

Djibuti - 40 mounts
Tunis - 40 mounts
Gib - 40 mounts
Papeete - 40 mounts
Other locations in Polynesia - 40 mounts

1,000 tons sent to the Russian Federation.

7,140 tons expended out of 8,760 tons available.
1,620 tons saved.

12x 12" guns from the scrapped battleship Paris, and 8x 190mm, 16x 164mm and 12x 100mm guns from the scrapped armored cruisers Gloire and Conde incorporated into the coastal defenses at Papeete, French Polynesia.

22x 140mm guns from the scrapped battleship Paris and 16x 155mm and 12x 75mm guns from the scrapped aircraft carriers Normandie and Languedoc incorporated into coast artillery defenses in French Polynesia.

F. Ships being scrapped

10 Petrel class submarines (1907) were scrapped during 1928, and will provide 760 tons warship materials by Q4/29. The remaining 10 will be scrapped in 1929, once their replacements, laid down in 1928, are completed. These will be completely scrapped by Q3/29, and will provide 760 tons of warship by Q4/30.

G. Updated Order of Battle, 1 January 1930

Note:

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

BB: 6(0)+0
BC: 0(0)+0
CV:2(0)+0
CA: 6(0)+0
CL: 22(0)+0
Monitors: 5(0)+0
DD: 96(0)+0
Sloops: 0(0)+0
Fleet Submarine: 15(0)+0
Coastal Submarine: 60(0)+0