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Imperial German Navy seaplanes 461 and 462 were the only two examples of a seaplane design produced for the Navy's flying service during the First World War.
[Nowarra 1966, p.78][Gray & Thetford 1962, p.451][Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.145][Taylor 1989, p.547] Number 461 was built in October 1916 and Number 462 in September 1917 as the German seaplane bases searched for purpose-built training aircraft to supplement their collection of retired combat types.
This particular design, one of several developed by the
Kaiserliche Werften, was a conventional, two-bay biplane with wings of unequal span.
The pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the undercarriage consisted of twin pontoons.
It is possible that the design was related to one group of seaplane trainers built at
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel ("Imperial shipyard Kiel") was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1867, first as Königliche Werft Kiel but renamed in 1871, with the proclamation of the German Empire. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and ...
(
No 463–466) and also to that of an armed reconnaissance seaplane (
No 947) later built at Wilhelmshaven.
However, the rear fuselages and empennages of No 461 and 462 differed significantly from the machines built at Kiel.
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