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I was reading up about CAM ships and I thought why does it have to be fighter plane why couldn't it have been an ASW plane . Then I thought their must have been a good reason they didn't . Maybe the aircraft would be too heavy . According to Wikipedia Hurricane's maximum take off weight is 3950 kg however a Supermarine Walrus is suprisingly lighter at 3650 kg maximum take off weight plus if the seas were calm enough if you have a handling crane fitted you could just lower the aircraft over the side and she could take off anyway .
My next thought was as a proto MAC ship in the MSC and presumably quicker to convert was giving tankers a handling crane and a flat spot to park a couple of Supermarine Walrus or Float Swordfish
I'm assuming there's a good reason why this wasn't done . something I've overlooked