How British cruisers handled their floatplanes

Were British cruiser floatplanes kept in hangars or simply jettisoned when necessary?

They were normally kept in hangars and launched, although jettisoning and destructive hangar fires did occur.

A viewer asks how British cruisers handled their embarked floatplanes. Town-class and similar ships kept the aircraft in hangars. Aircraft were sometimes jettisoned, and hangar fires did occur in British and American ships, but normal practice was to launch them. This practical handling detail complements the earlier comparison between ship-level cruiser aviation and the Japanese fleet-reconnaissance role.