The main deck is flush, with a short raised foredeck to provide additional seaworthiness.
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The long (630 feet overall) hull was flush decked and with a high freeboard, and was strongly built.
The R/200 was designed in 1917 to meet an Admiralty requirement for a two-seat reconnaissance-fighter capable of operating either as a floatplane or from the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, the flush deck HMS Argus and the part converted cruiser HMS Furious.