Italy, 1903 to 1904

[Kaiser Kirk]

Synopsis

1903 H1 :

Completes 3 Tortaruga class Riverine Gunboats and a Giornalista class Dredge
Constructs Type 0 Ports in Berbera and Nacala.

Transports 1st Brigade, completes 2nd Brigade of the Jungle Division.
Commences subsidized support for the various foreign brigades Italy has funded.
Brings Italia class out of reserve and uses them and the Pasquale di Paoli
to transport Jungle Division brigade(s) to Nacala.
Continues aggressive exploration of submarine's capabilities with Neptune

Builds IC in Piedmont
Completes 1905 Engines
Starts developing a 300L45 BL naval rifle in a twin turret
Starts developing a rapid fire 45L45 naval cannon in dual & single M&H, plus casement.


Africa :
Continued Surveying\Scientific efforts Querimba, including delivery of livestock to look for strains resistant to sleeping sickness.
Continued building Zanzibar IC
Orders 50 Traction Engines from English firms, for delivery.

Estimated numbers for Querimba based on 1900 & later census estimates by province in area. No revenues from this source

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1903 H2

Completes 4 Cavalerie class Destroyer Leaders to lead the 4 destroyer groups.
At 27 knots, these introduce turbines to the Italian fleet, and are basically are enlarged destroyers with a radio to allow better coordination with fleet elements.

Lays down 4 Mercury class cruisers
Transports 2nd  Brigade, completes 3rd Brigade of the Jungle Division.
Pietro Micca class fleet tug escorts the river gunboats and dredge across the Med and down the Ottoman coastline to Egypt, and then along the African coast line to Nacala. The vessels are assigned to Nacala and the coastline.

Builds IC Calabria
Completes 1902 BB Architecture – can now have superimposed 180mm...or more.

Africa :
1st Brigade of Jungle Division begins clearances.
Continued Surveying\Scientific efforts Querimba
Continued building Zanzibar IC
Orders 50 Traction Engines from English firms, for delivery.

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1904 H1

Lays down two Bragadin class transports, and one Secchio di Carbone class coller.

Transports 3rd  Brigade, completes 4th & 5th Brigades of the Jungle Division.
Replacements for casualties being shipped as well.

Builds IC in Campania and Sardinia

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updated 03_H2 and 04_H1 to reflect techs waiting to be digested.

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While trying to plan out gun designs, I realized I made an error with my new 300L45.
The way the Research chart is made up, 12.000"+ get 3000, while 10.000-11.9999" get 2100.
Now, since 300 is closest to 12", I used 3000, which I can't. 11.8" <12".
Shame since I wanted my weapons to go in multiples of 7mm, then 15mm, then 30mm, then 45mm, so : 150+30= 180 + 30= 210 + 45 = 255 + 45 = 300.


Edit :
Ok, so my 300L45 was illegal.
I've done a great deal of fiddling to figure out what to build.  Nicely, Logi's Ballistic tool has the ME lb.ft^2/s^2 built in.
The 12/40 and 13.5/30 I already field actually represent about the best ME I can get for those bore sizes right now.
For guns 10" and less, I scale the 1700 lb.ft^2/s^2 by bore cross-section. 
This seems to break down a tad for smaller weapons, as with reasonable shell weights I can push the MV way up, so I undershoot the max in interest of not stripping my rifling.

So the the guns that fit my fleet need the best, and upgrade over what I have are :
150L45 50kg  @890m/s
120L45 27.5kg  @890m/s -
For both it's about 20 seconds to 11000m with only a 13deg drop, nice for anti MTB/DD work, though my 90mm is still primary for that, this gives these weapons a better 'DP' capability :)
So that's what I've been building.