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href="/wiki/French_seaplane_carrier_Foudre" title="French seaplane carrier Foudre">French seaplane carrier <i>Foudre</i></a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Hermes_Dar_es_Salaam1907-14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HMS_Hermes_Dar_es_Salaam1907-14.jpg/220px-HMS_Hermes_Dar_es_Salaam1907-14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HMS_Hermes_Dar_es_Salaam1907-14.jpg/330px-HMS_Hermes_Dar_es_Salaam1907-14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HMS_Hermes_Dar_es_Salaam1907-14.jpg/440px-HMS_Hermes_Dar_es_Salaam1907-14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(1898)" title="HMS Hermes (1898)">HMS <i>Hermes</i></a>, which functioned as a seaplane carrier for two months in 1913</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg/220px-Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg/330px-Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg/440px-Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5632" data-file-height="3064" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)" title="HMS Ark Royal (1914)">HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></a> about 1918</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>seaplane tender</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Boat" title="Boat">boat</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ship</a> that supports the operation of <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplanes</a>. Some of these vessels, known as <b>seaplane carriers</b>, could not only carry seaplanes but also provided all the facilities needed for their operation; these ships are regarded by some as the first <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a> and appeared just before the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seaplane_tender&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seaplane_Tender_MkIA_1502_Portsmouth_(5693855715).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Seaplane_Tender_MkIA_1502_Portsmouth_%285693855715%29.jpg/220px-Seaplane_Tender_MkIA_1502_Portsmouth_%285693855715%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Seaplane_Tender_MkIA_1502_Portsmouth_%285693855715%29.jpg/330px-Seaplane_Tender_MkIA_1502_Portsmouth_%285693855715%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Seaplane_Tender_MkIA_1502_Portsmouth_%285693855715%29.jpg/440px-Seaplane_Tender_MkIA_1502_Portsmouth_%285693855715%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3472" data-file-height="2300" /></a><figcaption>RAF seaplane tender 1502, in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>In maritime parlance a <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_tender" title="Ship's tender">tender</a> is a vessel that is used to support the operation of other vessels. </p><p>In British usage, the term tender was used for small craft, with the term <a href="/wiki/Depot_ship" title="Depot ship">depot ship</a> being used for large seagoing vessels. <a href="/wiki/Flying_boat" title="Flying boat">Flying boats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Float_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Float plane">float planes</a> even when based at home in ports and harbour had a need for small support vessels to operate.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>British tenders were small craft of <a href="/wiki/Launch_(boat)" title="Launch (boat)">launch</a> to <a href="/wiki/Pinnace_(ship%27s_boat)" title="Pinnace (ship's boat)">pinnace</a> size. These were used to ferry crews, stores and supplies between shore and the aircraft, to maintain the buoys used to mark out "taxiways" and "runways" and to keep these clear of debris to prevent <a href="/wiki/Foreign_object_damage" title="Foreign object damage">foreign object damage</a>, and in the case of emergency to act as rescue craft and <a href="/wiki/Airport_crash_tender" title="Airport crash tender">airport crash tenders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All those functions that on land would require wheeled <a href="/wiki/Ground_support_equipment" title="Ground support equipment">ground support equipment</a> had a need for a watercraft equivalent. </p><p>When deploying flying boat squadrons, bases could rapidly be established in areas lacking infrastructure by sending flying boat depot ships in addition to small craft tenders. These ships could carry out the function of barracks, workshops and control towers, i.e. those functions which in a land based airfield would be fulfilled by buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFASRS1918-1986_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFASRS1918-1986-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seaplane_tender&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SOC_scoutplane_is_hoisted_on_board,_during_recovery_by_USS_Philadelphia_(CL-41).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SOC_scoutplane_is_hoisted_on_board%2C_during_recovery_by_USS_Philadelphia_%28CL-41%29.jpg/220px-SOC_scoutplane_is_hoisted_on_board%2C_during_recovery_by_USS_Philadelphia_%28CL-41%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SOC_scoutplane_is_hoisted_on_board%2C_during_recovery_by_USS_Philadelphia_%28CL-41%29.jpg/330px-SOC_scoutplane_is_hoisted_on_board%2C_during_recovery_by_USS_Philadelphia_%28CL-41%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/SOC_scoutplane_is_hoisted_on_board%2C_during_recovery_by_USS_Philadelphia_%28CL-41%29.jpg/440px-SOC_scoutplane_is_hoisted_on_board%2C_during_recovery_by_USS_Philadelphia_%28CL-41%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="645" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption>Scoutplane being hoisted on board <a href="/wiki/USS_Philadelphia_(CL-41)" title="USS Philadelphia (CL-41)">USS <i>Philadelphia</i></a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first seaplane carrier appeared in 1911 with the French Navy <i><a href="/wiki/La_Foudre" class="mw-redirect" title="La Foudre">La Foudre</a></i>, following the invention of the <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplane</a> in 1910 with the French <a href="/wiki/Fabre_Hydravion" title="Fabre Hydravion">Fabre Hydravion</a>. <i>La Foudre</i> carried float-equipped planes under hangars on the main deck, from where they were lowered on the sea with a crane. <i>La Foudre</i> was further modified in November 1913 with a 10 m (32 ft 10 in)-long flat deck to launch her seaplanes.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another early seaplane carrier was <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(1898)" title="HMS Hermes (1898)">HMS <i>Hermes</i></a>, an old cruiser converted and commissioned with a flying-off deck in mid-1913. However, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)" title="HMS Ark Royal (1914)">HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></a> was the first ship in history designed and built as a seaplane carrier in 1914. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seaplane_tender&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wakamiya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wakamiya.jpg/220px-Wakamiya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wakamiya.jpg/330px-Wakamiya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wakamiya.jpg/440px-Wakamiya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="441" /></a><figcaption>The Japanese seaplane carrier <a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Wakamiya" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya"><i>Wakamiya</i></a> conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids in September 1914.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tsingtao" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tsingtao">Battle of Tsingtao</a>, from 5 September 1914, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> seaplane carrier <a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Wakamiya" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya"><i>Wakamiya</i></a> conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids<sup id="cite_ref-Saxon_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saxon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Kiaochow_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiaochow Bay">Kiaochow Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Farman" title="Maurice Farman">Maurice Farman</a> seaplanes bombarded German-held land targets (communication centers and command centers) and damaged a German minelayer in the <a href="/wiki/Qingdao" title="Qingdao">Tsingtao</a> peninsula from September 1914 until that November, when the Germans surrendered.<sup id="cite_ref-Saxon_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saxon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Christmas Day 1914, the British carried out the <a href="/wiki/Cuxhaven_Raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuxhaven Raid">Cuxhaven Raid</a>; seaplanes carried within range of their targets attacked German naval targets in the <a href="/wiki/Heligoland_Bight" title="Heligoland Bight">Heligoland Bight</a>. </p><p>These carriers had <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangars</a> for storing and maintaining the aircraft, but no <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a> as in a true aircraft carrier. Instead, they used cranes to lower the aircraft into the sea for takeoff and to recover them after landing. The ships were normally <a href="/wiki/Armed_merchantmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed merchantmen">converted merchant vessels</a> rather than specially constructed for the task. As aircraft improved, the problems of using seaplanes became more of a handicap. The aircraft could only be operated in a smooth sea and the ship had to stop for launching or recovery, both of which took around 20 minutes. The tender was often stationed 10 <a href="/wiki/Mile" title="Mile">mi</a> (8.7 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a>; 16 <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">km</a>) or so in front of the main battle fleet with the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> screen so that it would not fall significantly behind when it launched its aircraft. Seaplanes also had poorer performance than other aircraft because of the drag and weight of the floats. Seaplane tenders had largely been superseded by aircraft carriers in the battle fleet by the end of the First World War, although aircraft were still of minor importance compared to the firepower of naval artillery. </p><p> The British <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)" title="HMS Ark Royal (1914)">HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></a> was a seaplane tender with a flying-off deck. Seaplanes could be recovered while the ship was under way through the "Hein Mat" – a sheet towed behind the vessel, once the aircraft was on the mat it was effectively stationary with respect to the ship and could be hoisted aboard.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albatross_(AWM_300122).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Albatross_%28AWM_300122%29.jpg/220px-Albatross_%28AWM_300122%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Albatross_%28AWM_300122%29.jpg/330px-Albatross_%28AWM_300122%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Albatross_%28AWM_300122%29.jpg/440px-Albatross_%28AWM_300122%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption>The Australian seaplane tender <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(1928)" title="HMAS Albatross (1928)">HMAS <i>Albatross</i></a> with one of her aircraft overhead (AWM 300122)</figcaption></figure> <p>In the inter-war years, it was common for <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruisers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a> to be equipped with <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">catapult</a>-launched <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">reconnaissance seaplanes</a>. A few navies – especially those without true aircraft carriers – also acquired catapult-equipped seaplane carriers for fleet reconnaissance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seaplane_tender&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Timbalier_(AVP-54).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="USS Timbalier (AVP-54)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/USS_Timbalier_%28AVP-54%29.jpg/220px-USS_Timbalier_%28AVP-54%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/USS_Timbalier_%28AVP-54%29.jpg/330px-USS_Timbalier_%28AVP-54%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/USS_Timbalier_%28AVP-54%29.jpg/440px-USS_Timbalier_%28AVP-54%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="594" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/USS_Timbalier" title="USS Timbalier">USS <i>Timbalier</i></a> with two <a href="/wiki/Martin_PBM_Mariner" title="Martin PBM Mariner">Martin PBM Mariner</a> <a href="/wiki/Flying_boat" title="Flying boat">flying boats</a> shortly after the Second World War</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gannet_(AVP8),_formerly_Minesweeper_AM41._Small_seaplane_tender._Port_bow,_05-04-1937_-_NARA_-_520820.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Gannet_%28AVP8%29%2C_formerly_Minesweeper_AM41._Small_seaplane_tender._Port_bow%2C_05-04-1937_-_NARA_-_520820.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Gannet_%28AVP8%29%2C_formerly_Minesweeper_AM41._Small_seaplane_tender._Port_bow%2C_05-04-1937_-_NARA_-_520820.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Gannet_%28AVP8%29%2C_formerly_Minesweeper_AM41._Small_seaplane_tender._Port_bow%2C_05-04-1937_-_NARA_-_520820.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Gannet_%28AVP8%29%2C_formerly_Minesweeper_AM41._Small_seaplane_tender._Port_bow%2C_05-04-1937_-_NARA_-_520820.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Gannet_%28AVP8%29%2C_formerly_Minesweeper_AM41._Small_seaplane_tender._Port_bow%2C_05-04-1937_-_NARA_-_520820.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Gannet_%28AVP8%29%2C_formerly_Minesweeper_AM41._Small_seaplane_tender._Port_bow%2C_05-04-1937_-_NARA_-_520820.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2378" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/USS_Gannet_(AM-41)" title="USS Gannet (AM-41)">USS <i>Gannet</i> (AM-41)</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, both the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">American</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Japanese Navies</a> built a number of seaplane tenders to supplement their aircraft carrier fleets. However, these ships often had their catapults removed, and were used as support vessels that operated seaplanes from harbours rather than in a seaway. These aircraft were generally for long-range reconnaissance patrols. The tenders allowed the aircraft to be rapidly deployed to new bases because their runways did not have to be constructed, and support facilities were mobile much like <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">supply ships</a> for <a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">submarines</a> or <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_tender" title="Destroyer tender">destroyers</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i>, in the Second World War, did not operate any seaplane tenders. However, the <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> had nineteen seaplane tenders. These ships were mostly converted from existing civilian seaplane tenders, and were capable of carrying 1–3 seaplanes. The French and Italian Navies also had seaplane tenders. </p><p>Seaplane carriers became obsolete at the end of the Second World War. A few remained in service after the war but by the late 1950s most had been scrapped or converted to other uses such as <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> repair ships. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_examples">List of examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seaplane_tender&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_seaplane_carriers_by_country" title="List of seaplane carriers by country">List of seaplane carriers by country</a></div> <p>Examples of seaplane tenders include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(1928)" title="HMAS Albatross (1928)">HMAS <i>Albatross</i></a> (Australia, 1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Akitsushima" title="Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima">Akitsushima</a></i> (Japan, served from 1942 until sunken in 1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Foudre" class="mw-redirect" title="La Foudre">La Foudre</a></i> (France, converted into the world's first seaplane tender in 1911–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Chitose" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose"><i>Chitose</i></a> (Japan, 1936; she and sister ship <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Chiyoda" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda"><i>Chiyoda</i></a> converted to conventional <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a> in 1943–1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_seaplane_carrier_Commandant_Teste" title="French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste"><i>Commandant Teste</i></a> (France, 1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Miraglia" class="mw-redirect" title="Giuseppe Miraglia">Giuseppe Miraglia</a></i> (Italy, converted from merchant vessel <i>Citta de Messina</i> in 1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_seaplane_carrier_D%C3%A9dalo" title="Spanish seaplane carrier Dédalo"><i>Dédalo</i></a> (Spain, converted from the German merchant vessel <i>Neuenfels</i> in 1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)" title="HMS Ark Royal (1914)">HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></a> (UK, 1914, renamed <i>Pegasus</i> in 1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ben-my-Chree" title="HMS Ben-my-Chree">HMS <i>Ben-my-Chree</i></a> (UK, a ferry converted in 1915 used in WWI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Engadine_(1911)" title="HMS Engadine (1911)">HMS <i>Engadine</i></a> (UK, 1911, another converted ferry; present at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Campania_(1914)" title="HMS Campania (1914)">HMS <i>Campania</i></a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Riviera" title="HMS Riviera">HMS <i>Riviera</i></a> (UK, sister ship of <i>Engadine</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Langley_(CV-1)" title="USS Langley (CV-1)">USS <i>Langley</i></a> (USA's first aircraft carrier; converted into a seaplane tender in 1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_battleship_Kilkis" title="Greek battleship Kilkis">USS <i>Mississippi</i></a> (USA, a <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> used as a seaplane tender in 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Curtiss_(AV-4)" title="USS Curtiss (AV-4)">USS <i>Curtiss</i></a> (USA WWII Pearl Harbor to Okinawa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Currituck_(AV-7)" title="USS Currituck (AV-7)">USS <i>Currituck</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Pine_Island" title="USS Pine 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