Also known as a seaplane carrier, and considered to be a predecessor to the aircraft carrier.

The Foudre was a French seaplane carrier, the first in history.

Some were deployed on the world's first operational seaplane carriers.

Sometime later in the '50s I remember an American seaplane carrier paying a courtesy visit.

The design of the ship started out in December 1926 as a seaplane carrier with room for twelve aircraft.

M2 was converted to a seaplane carrier in 1925, a hangar replacing the gun turret.

In May 1913, she was re-commissioned as a seaplane carrier.

As a result, plans were drawn up to convert Roon into a seaplane carrier, with a capacity for four aircraft.

Works to convert her into a seaplane carrier began immediately; in 1925, with the ship nearly complete, Miraglia capsized during a storm.

She was converted from a transport ship into a seaplane carrier and commissioned in August 1914.