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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

AIRCRAFT CARRYING SHIPS

WWI seaplane carriers converted from merchant vessels

Campinas 1915

more than 1000 BRT:

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.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014-18