german aircraft carrier aircraft carrier planned aircraft carrier conversion project german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine world war imperial navy experimented previously seaplane carriers earlier conversions slow operate high_seas_fleet carried insufficient number aircraft intended carry aircraft including fighters bombers torpedo bombers ship based incomplete hull italian passenger ship built hamburg conversion proposed abandoned negotiations german_navy proposed new ships end war world war ended high inflation germany added cost ship result italian shipping company ship originally built declined purchase vessel sold dismantled design began existence turbine powered passenger steamer ordered italian ship built shipyard hamburg construction number time german seaplane carrier armored cruiser carried planes leadership german_navy believed effective reconnaissance attack admiral architect german_navy particularly unimpressed performance fixed wing aircraft navy developed naval aircraft war including pair seaplane fighters built twin engined torpedo designed regardless preference small merchant vessels converted seaplane carriers world war carried aircraft slow operate high_seas_fleet light cruiser fast steam fleet converted seaplane carrier carried decided convert liner flight deck carrier wheeled aircraft plan conversion drawn officer 1st aviation detachment general characteristics converted meters long overall long perpendiculars ship beam draft displaced metric tons ship powered sets geared turbines drove pair screws diameter known details boiler system electrical power plant unknown ship equipped long hangar decks wheeled aircraft long hangar deck wide flight deck long wide flight deck intended mounted main structural deck ship designers intended mount deck bow long wide according naval historian ship designed carry fixed wing folding wing wheeled aircraft estimated ship carry fighter aircraft combination bombers torpedo conversion launched passenger ship april ship fitted german navy decided convert aircraft carrier proposed design completed majority naval construction efforts diverted building new boats demands labor resources war imposed german economy reduced industry barely able cover maintenance repair needs high_seas_fleet resources left boat production result growing importance boat construction new surface ships imposed conversion project abandoned design influenced planned conversion armored cruiser sms seaplane carrier plan scrapped italian shipping company canceled order post war inflation germany substantially increased price ship result sold ship breakers broken scrap
German aircraft carrier I (1915)