List of seaplane carriers by country

The list of seaplane carriers by country includes seaplane carriers and tenders organized by country of origin and service.

Australia

 * HMAS Albatross: seaplane tender in service from 1928 to 1933

France

 * Foudre: Converted cruiser in service as a seaplane carrier from 1914 to 1918
 * Compinas: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1916
 * Nord: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1919
 * Pas-de-Calais: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1919
 * Rouen: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1916 to 1919
 * Petrel class: Eight light inshore seaplane tenders in service from 1931 into World War II
 * Commandant Teste: Seaplane transport and tender in service from 1932 to 1942
 * Belfort: Converted Amiens class sloop in service from 1939 to 1946
 * Diligente: Converted Friponne class sloop in service during 1940
 * Paul Goffeny: Former German tug type seaplane tender in service from 1948 to 1955
 * Robert Giraud: Former German tug type seaplane tender in service from 1948 to 1963
 * Marcel le Bihan: Seaplane support ship from 1948 to 1961
 * Aircraft carrying submarine:
 * Surcouf: Aircraft carrying submarine in service from 1934 to 1942

Germany
Seaplane carriers First world war Civil Tender type catapult seaplane tenders Seaplane Tenders (Kriegsmarine)
 * Answald (FS 1) auxiliary seaplane carrier
 * Santa Elena (FS II) auxiliary seaplane carrier
 * Oswald (FS III) auxiliary seaplane carrier
 * Glyndwr auxiliary seaplane carrier
 * Adeline Hugo Stinnes auxiliary small seaplane carrier
 * Stuttgart seaplane cruiser
 * Roon planned seaplane cruiser
 * Westfalen
 * Schwabenland
 * Ostmark
 * Friesenland
 * Sperber catapult seaplane tender
 * Bussard Class catapult seaplane tenders
 * Bussard
 * Falke
 * Krischan type small seaplane tenders
 * Krischan
 * Gunther Pluschow
 * Bernard Von Tschirschy
 * Hans Rolshoven
 * Karl Meyer Class small seaplane tenders
 * Karl Meyer
 * Max Stinsky
 * Imelmann
 * Boelcke
 * Hans Albrecht Wedel Class small seaplane tenders
 * Hans Albrecht Wedel
 * Richthofen
 * Hermann Kohl
 * Greif small seaplane tender
 * Ex-French San Souci Class small seaplane tenders
 * Jupiter/Merkur (SG1)
 * Saturn/Uranus (SG2)
 * Uranus/Saturn (SG3)
 * Merkur/Jupiter (SG4)

Italy

 * Giuseppe Miraglia (1923) (seaplane carrier) - BU 1950
 * Europa (1895) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) - Stricken 1920

Japan

 * Akitsushima
 * Kamoi
 * Chitose class
 * Mizuho
 * Kamikawa Maru class
 * Nisshin

Spain

 * Dedalo 9,900 ton ex-German cargo ship Neuenfels 1901, transferred to Spain 1921, converted to seaplane carrier 1922. Scrapped 1 March 1940

Sweden

 * Jacob Bagge
 * Dristigheten
 * Gotland

United Kingdom

 * HMS Hermes (1913)
 * HMS Ben-my-chree
 * HMS Engadine
 * HMS Campania
 * HMS Ark Royal, later Pegasus (1914–1939)
 * HMS Riviera (1914–1919)
 * Empress (1914–1919)
 * HMS Raven II
 * HMS Anne (1915)
 * HMS M2 - submarine 1928-1932
 * Hermes 1913-1914
 * HMS Vindex (1915)
 * HMS Manxman (1916)
 * HMS Pegasus (1917)

United States

 * USS Langley (CV-1) converted from USA's first aircraft carrier in 1937
 * USS Mississippi an obsolete battleship used as a seaplane tender in 1914
 * Curtiss class seaplane tender
 * USS Curtiss
 * USS 'Albemarle''
 * USS Tangier a cargo ship converted to a seaplane tender in 1941
 * Currituck class seaplane tender
 * USS Currituck
 * USS Pine Island
 * USS Norton Sound
 * USS Salisbury Sound
 * Kenneth Whiting class seaplane tender
 * USS Kenneth Whiting
 * USS Hamlin
 * USS St George
 * USS Cumberland Sound
 * Barnegat class seaplane tender
 * USS Barnegat
 * USS Biscayne
 * USS Casco
 * USS Mackinac
 * USS Hunboldt
 * USS Matagorda
 * USS Abescon
 * USS Chincoteague
 * USS Coos Bay
 * USS Half Moon
 * USS Mobjack
 * USS Oyster Bay
 * USS Rockaway
 * USS San Pablo
 * USS Unimak
 * USS Yakutat
 * USS Barataria
 * USS Bering Strait
 * USS Castle Rock
 * USS Cook Inlet
 * USS Corson
 * USS Duxbury Bay
 * USS Gardiners Bay
 * USS Floyds Bay
 * USS Greenwich Bay
 * USS Hatteras
 * USS Hempstead
 * USS Kamishak
 * USS Magothy
 * USS Matanzas
 * USS Metomkin
 * USS Onslow
 * USS Orca
 * USS Rehoboth
 * USS San Carlos
 * USS Shelikof
 * USS Suisin
 * USS Timbalier
 * USS Valcour
 * USS Wachapreague
 * USS Willougby

Yugoslavia

 * YUGOSLAV SEAPLANE TENDER Zmaj