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  2. Grumman HU-16 Albatross - Wikipedia

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    Data from Albatross: Amphibious Airborne Angel, United States Navy Aircraft since 1911, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 Grumman Albatross: A History of the Legendary Seaplane General characteristics Crew: 4-6 Capacity: 10 passengers Length: 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) Wingspan: 96 ft 8 in (29.46 m) Height: 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) Wing area: 1,035 sq ft (96.2 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 23017 Empty ...

  3. HMS Albatross - Wikipedia

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    HMS Albatross (1873) was a Fantome-class composite screw sloop launched in 1873 and broken up in 1889. HMS Albatross (1898) was a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, reclassified as a C-class destroyer in 1913 and sold in 1920. HMAS Albatross (seaplane tender) was a seaplane tender launched in 1928 for the Royal Australian Navy. She was ...

  4. HMAS Albatross (1928) - Wikipedia

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    HMAS Albatross (later HMS Albatross) was a seaplane tender of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), which was later transferred to the Royal Navy and used as a repair ship. Albatross was built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard during the mid-1920s and entered service at the start of 1929.

  5. Aircraft repair ship - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft repair ships provide similar services to seaplane tenders, that also cared for the crew. Aircraft repair ships had their own stores of spare parts, like a depot ship. Aircraft repair ships had repair personnel and equipment to repair failures or battle damage on aircraft. Aircraft repair ships also did regular aircraft maintenance. [1] [2]

  6. 710 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia

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    710 Naval Air Squadron (710 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was created as a Seaplane Squadron for the seaplane tender HMS Albatross at HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, in August 1939.

  7. List of seaplane carriers by country - Wikipedia

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    HMS Vindex passenger ferry converted to seaplane carrier 1915; HMS Manxman steamer converted to seaplane carrier in 1916; HMS Pegasus purchased incomplete and converted to seaplane carrier 1917; HMS M2 – M-class submarine converted to carry a seaplane in 1927; HMS Albatross: seaplane tender in service from 1938 to 1945, former HMAS Albatross

  8. List of flying boats and floatplanes - Wikipedia

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    Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats.A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.

  9. Carrier Aircraft Service Units - Wikipedia

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    Seaplane Tenders were able to do repair and maintenance and had all the supplies needed to operate in remote forward bases for months. Once and if a land-based forward base was built the Seaplane tender could move on to a more forward base. Seaplane tenders acted as barracks, supply depots, workshops, air mechanic and control towers for the planes.