page_title: Italian seaplane carrier Europa
section_title: Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Italian seaplane carrier Europa / Background and conversion / Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Hydravion de lutte contre les sous-marins en 1918 après amerrissage. Marine française&#160;? Sans précision sur le lieu exact en mer. Photographie publiée par l'hebdomadaire Le Miroir le 7 juillet 1918.
context_page_description: Europa was a seaplane carrier of the Italian Regia Marina. Originally laid down as the merchant ship Manila, she was renamed Salacia in 1898, and then sold to German and then Italian shipping companies in 1911 and 1913, respectively. She became Quarto in 1913, and in February 1915 she was purchased by the Italian fleet, renamed Europa, and converted into a seaplane carrier with a capacity of eight seaplanes. She served as a seaplane base in Valona during World War I and supported the Allied response during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. She was quickly sold for scrap in 1920 after the war ended.
context_section_description: Europa originally carried a complement of Macchi L.1 seaplanes and Curtiss Model H flying boats. The L.1 was used as a fighter and a bomber, while the Model H was used for training and limited bombing operations, as it was an older design that had been superseded by more modern aircraft. These included Macchi L.2 and M.3 flying boats beginning in 1916. In 1917, the ship received Macchi M.5 seaplanes, which were dedicated fighters. The ship also carried FBA seaplanes between 1916 and 1918 for bombing and anti-submarine patrols. From June to November 1918, Europa operated a few Ansaldo SVAI seaplane fighters, though these proved to be unreliable and not particularly maneuverable.
caption: An FBA Type C in French service being hoisted above the French carrier French seaplane carrier Foudre, similar to the aircraft carried by Europa
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