Definition: 1. A ship which can carry, launch and upon which a plane can land, usually to be refuelled/repaired.
2. In World War One not the modern aircraft carrier, but 'aircraft tenders', ships which carried and could launch planes, but on which planes couldn't land. The first converted aircraft carrier was still in trials when the war ended, and the first purpose built still under construction.
2. In World War One not the modern aircraft carrier, but 'aircraft tenders', ships which carried and could launch planes, but on which planes couldn't land. The first converted aircraft carrier was still in trials when the war ended, and the first purpose built still under construction.
