The legend of particulars gives the Towns a fixed reversible catapult and provision for torpedo-spotting or reconnaissance aircraft. That official allowance differs from class figures for Supermarine Walrus flying boats, built-up aircraft, and additional machines carried boxed in stores. The operational load could therefore vary rather than matching one neat specification. As the war continued, boxed reserve aircraft became less attractive because ships needed the same internal volume for other equipment and supplies. The conflicting figures reveal the practical demands of stowage and wartime modification.
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Aircraft capacity competed with wartime stowage
Town-class records allowed catapult aircraft and boxed reserves, but operational loads varied and wartime ships increasingly reclaimed that volume for other stores.