Seaplane Tenders
German "Glyndwr"
- Converted Merchant Ship -
Imperial German Navy
Laid down at Blohm&Voss as mechant ship Craigronald; launched in October 1910; converted to a seaplane tender at Danzig and recommissioned in December 1914; served in the Baltic and damaged by mines; post war ceded to England, repaired and recommissioned as merchant ship Akenside; scrapped in the 1950s.
 
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Crew:		 1914 reconstructed as a seaplane tender
6,000 ts
100.7 × 13.4 x 5.8  m
1,600 ihp; 2 boilers; 1 VTE; 1 shaft
10 kts
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~ 90
Tactical Data
Armament:
Aircrafts:		 2x52 cal xx; 4x37 cal xx
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