To enable the Fairey Seal to be launched by catapult from warships, it could be fitted with floats.

The Seal was removed from front-line service by 1938, but remained in secondary and support roles.

[1] Between 22 June and 5 July 1936 three floatplanes under Colonel Janis Indans undertook a 6000 km long journey from Liepāja through Baltic and North European countries to England and back.

In autumn 1940, after Latvia's annexation, the aircraft were taken by the Soviets, but they were not used by them, and they remained stored on Kisezers lake.

[1] Data from British Naval Aircraft since 1912[3]General characteristics Performance Armament