It had a single fin and rudder and was powered by two 185 hp (138 kW) Potez 9Ab nine-cylinder radial engines, and was fitted with a retractable conventional landing gear.

[4] The military soon became interested in the aircraft and ordered versions for twin-engined training, liaison duties and as a target tug.

[5] Other airline users included Régie Air Afrique, which operated two Potez 560s on services in North Africa.

The Potez 565 carried out a second series of carrier trials, together with examples of the Loire-Nieuport LN.40 and the Vought V-156-F dive bombers, aboard Béarn in July 1939.

[15] In September 1937, the French Navy ordered 20 examples of a new version, the Potez 567, for use as a fast liaison aircraft and target tug, with deliveries starting in October 1939 and continuing until January 1940.

[16] Thirteen 567s survived the fall of France to be used by the Vichy Navy, with several being passed to Italy after the German occupation of Southern France in November 1942, while at least one aircraft based in Africa survived the Anglo-American landings in French North West Africa to be used by Free French forces, remaining in use until at least October 1943.