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AIRCRAFT CARRYING SHIPS
WWI seaplane carriers converted from merchant vessels


Ships


Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, Power, t Armament Fate
Campinas 1897 // 1916 A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire 3319t disp. 102.4x12.9x7.1 11.5 1VTE, 2boilers, 1460 6-10 seaplanes (Nieuport IV, later FBA C) returned 1.1920
Nord 1899 // 1916 A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire 1541 103.0x10.7x3.3 21 paddle wheels, 7800 1x1-95/50, 2-47, seaplanes returned 10.1918
Pas-de-Calais 1899 // 1916 A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire 1541 103.0x10.7x3.3 21 paddle wheels, 7800 seaplanes returned 8.1919
Rouen 1912 // 1917 FC de la Méditerranée, Le Havre-Graville 1656 92.0x10.6x3.0 24 3turbines, 8000 seaplanes returned 3.1919


Project history

Former passenger ships requisitioned and converted to seaplane carriers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks for Wolfgang Stöhr for the information about service of these ships.