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Author Note
Starting with the Shattering of Dunkirk

This chapter is an author note and is completely free.

This is a compilation of the remaining naval strengths of the belligerent nations at the end of 1916, which also includes the capital ships scheduled for completion in the third and fourth quarters of 1916.

I. Naval Statistics by Nation:

1. Demania: 18 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 6 pre-dreadnoughts, 7 armored cruisers, 26 light cruisers, 20 destroyers, 88 large torpedo boats, 135 submarines. (Under the new statistical classification, all pre-war torpedo vessels under 1,000 tons are categorized as "large torpedo boats." Only those newly built after the outbreak of the war, exceeding 1,000 tons with a range of over 1,500 nautical miles, are counted as destroyers. Strictly speaking, the Demania lineage had no true destroyers before the war.)

2. Britannia: 21 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 41 light cruisers, 285 destroyers, 56 submarines. (The battleship count includes the vessels of the Mediterranean Fleet. All historical stockpiles of pre-dreadnoughts, armored cruisers, and protected cruisers have been wiped out by Demania. These three classes of obsolete ships will no longer be tracked for Britannia, as no new ones will be built. Their submarine production lines have also been shut down.)

3. Francia: 3 battleships, 3 pre-dreadnoughts, 10 armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers, 18 destroyers, 82 torpedo boats. (Francia has completely halted the construction of new warships. All resources have been requisitioned by the army, meaning every warship lost is gone for good.)

4. Austria: 2 battleships, 3 pre-dreadnoughts, 2 armored cruisers, 6 light cruisers, 34 destroyers, 12 submarines.

5. Osman: 1 battlecruiser, 4 pre-dreadnoughts, 2 armored cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 8 destroyers, 15 torpedo boats.

6. Surrendered Italy warships taken over by Demania: 3 battleships, 5 armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers, 11 destroyers, 35 torpedo boats, 14 submarines.

7. Chouguo: 17 battleships, 23 pre-dreadnoughts, 15 armored cruisers, 20 protected cruisers, 11 light cruisers, 130 destroyers, 90 submarines.

(Note: Between 1914 and 1916, thanks to war profiteering, an influx of massive overseas orders, and enormous investment stimulus in its shipbuilding industry, the number of Chouguo shipyards capable of constructing destroyer-class and larger vessels increased from 42 to 75.

Because order demands naturally fluctuate, the Navy Department would utilize excess idle capacity to buy up output at rock-bottom prices, preemptively churning out new ships—primarily light cruisers and destroyers.

These orders generally come at a much lower price than normal international contracts. They serve as macroeconomic stabilization orders from the Navy Department. Essentially, if a shipyard occasionally fails to secure a contract, they can choose to squeeze in the construction of destroyers for the navy during their downtime, as the navy's orders are never in a rush.)

Italy and Lusha were included in the previous statistics table, but they have been removed this time; they no longer possess a navy.

II. Capital Ship Class Composition by Nation:

1. Demania:

Battleships: 18 (Sevastopol 1, Helgoland 4, Kaiser 5, König 4, Bayern-class 4)

Battlecruisers: 3 (Derfflinger 3)

4 Mackensen-class ships will be commissioned in 1917. The 5th Bayern-class ship and the 5th through 7th Mackensen-class ships will be commissioned in 1918.

Pre-dreadnoughts: 6 (Kaiser Friedrich III 2, Braunschweig 1, Demania-class 3)

Armored Cruisers: 7 (Victoria Louise 3, Prinz Albert 2, Yorck-class 2)

2. Britannia:

Battleships: 21 (Orion 4, George V 3, Iron Duke 5, Queen Elizabeth 2, Revenge 5, Canada 1, Erin 1)

Battlecruisers: 3 (Lion-class 1, Renown 2)

3. Francia:

Battleships: 3 (Bretagne 3)

Pre-dreadnoughts: 3 (Danton 3)

Armored Cruisers: 10 (Gambetta-class 3, Gloire-class 4, Amiral Charner 3)

4. Austria:

Battleships: 2 (Viribus Unitis-class 2)

Pre-dreadnoughts: 3 (Radetzky-class 3)