__NOTOC__ Numbers 404 and 405 were the sole two examples of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the

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during the First World War.Nowarra 1966, p.78Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154 By 1917, the output of the major German seaplane manufacturers was taken up producing machines for front-line service. As a consequence, the only machines available for training purposes were those that had been made obsolete or which had been damaged and rebuilt. In order to provide modern trainers for the Navy, the

Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Kaiserliche Werft Danzig was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1852 as ''Königliche Werft Danzig'' and renamed ''Kaiserliche Werft'' after the proclamation of the German Empire in 1871. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and Kaiserlich ...

undertook the design and construction of two brand-new seaplanes between March and June, unarmed two-seat biplanes. These machines were supplied to the naval base at

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along with a batch of four trainers of a different design, numbered 467–470.

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* * * {{Kaiserliche Werft aircraft 1910s German military trainer aircraft 404 Floatplanes Single-engined tractor aircraft Biplanes Aircraft first flown in 1917