shipboard seaplane
C13005
concept
A shipboard seaplane is an aircraft designed to operate from water and be launched, recovered, and serviced from a ship, typically for reconnaissance, patrol, or liaison duties at sea.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| flying boat | 56 |
| seaplane | 16 |
| floatplane fighter aircraft | 2 |
| Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft | 1 |
| floatplane bomber | 1 |
| minelaying aircraft | 1 |
| observation floatplane | 1 |
| shipboard aircraft | 1 |
| shipboard seaplane canonical | 1 |
| shipborne aircraft | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: shipboard seaplane
Generated description
A shipboard seaplane is an aircraft designed to operate from water and be launched, recovered, and serviced from a ship, typically for reconnaissance, patrol, or liaison duties at sea.
Instances (75)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Short S.8 Calcutta
linked to:
Short S.8 Calcutta flying boat design
|
flying boat |
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Short S.17 Kent
linked to:
Short S.17 Kent flying boat design
|
flying boat |
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PBY Catalina
linked to:
PBY Catalina seaplane
|
flying boat |
| Short Sunderland | flying boat |
| Heinkel He 115 | seaplane |
| Blohm & Voss Ha 139 | seaplane |
| Mitsubishi F1M | observation floatplane |
| Kawanishi H8K | flying boat |
| Kawanishi H6K | flying boat |
| Nakajima A6M2-N | seaplane |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 62 | shipborne aircraft |
| Arado Ar 196 | shipboard aircraft |
| Blohm & Voss Ha 138 | flying boat |
| Heinkel He 114 | seaplane |
| Dornier Do 24 | flying boat |
| Dornier Do 18 | flying boat |
| Sopwith Baby | floatplane fighter aircraft |
| Hughes H-4 Hercules | flying boat |
| Consolidated PBY Catalina | flying boat |
| Dornier Do X | flying boat |
| Dornier Do J Wal | flying boat |
| Short Empire flying boat | flying boat |
| Short Calcutta | flying boat |
|
Short Singapore
linked to:
Short Singapore flying boat
|
flying boat |
| Blohm & Voss BV 222 | flying boat |
| Aichi M6A | floatplane bomber |
| Blohm & Voss BV 238 | flying boat |
| Aichi H9A | flying boat |
| Lioré et Olivier LeO H-13 | flying boat |
| Supermarine Stranraer | flying boat |
| Savoia-Marchetti S.55X | flying boat |
| Felixstowe F.2A | flying boat |
|
Curtiss H-16
linked to:
Curtiss H-16 flying boat
|
flying boat |
| Felixstowe F.5 | flying boat |
| Arado Ar 199 | seaplane |
| Short Sunderland (transport roles) | flying boat |
| CANT Z.511 | flying boat |
| Grumman Widgeon | flying boat |
| Grumman Goose | flying boat |
| Fokker T.VIII | seaplane |
| Macchi M.7 | flying boat |
| Sikorsky S‑40 | flying boat |
| Short Sunderland Mk I | flying boat |
| Short Sunderland Mk II | flying boat |
| Short Sunderland Mk III | flying boat |
| Short Sunderland Mk V | flying boat |
| Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano | flying boat |
| Caproni Ca.316 | seaplane |
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Hinkler Ibis
linked to:
Hinkler Ibis amphibian aircraft
|
seaplane |
| Fairey IIID | seaplane |