The Caudron J Marine was an amphibious, two-seat, biplane equipped with floats and wheels, similar to the earlier Caudron J floatplane. The Caudron J was essentially a seaplane version of the two-seat

Caudron G The Caudron Type G was a single-engined French biplane built by Caudron, prior to World War I. Developments of the Caudron G saw widespread service in France, Russia and Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic O ...

and single-seat

Caudron F The Caudron Type D was a French pre- World War I single seat, twin-boom tractor biplane, a close but slightly smaller relative of the two seat Caudron Type C. More than a dozen were completed, one exported to the United Kingdom, where they ma ...

. The F, G and J all followed a similar layout with 2½ bay biplane wings, a tail-unit, with single fin and rudder, supported on struts attached to the wings at the first inter-plane struts and a central fuselage nacelle housing the cockpit and mounting the tractor engine. Two main floats were strut-supported under the wings and a small tail-float attached to the tail-unit. Power was supplied by a

Anzani 10-cylinder The Anzani 10 was a 1913 10-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine. It powered several experimental aircraft and also the later production versions of the Caudron G.3 reconnaissance aircraft, the Caudron G.4 bomber/trainer and the first pro ...

radial engine. The three production Caudron J Marine were used by the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in th ...

(la Marine Française) for reconnaissance and artillery observation. On 8 May 1914,

René Caudron The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

flew the second example from a wooden platform erected over a gun turret, on the

cruiser '' Foudre''. The first example was powered by a

Gnome 9 Delta The Gnome 9 Delta was a French designed, nine-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain. Powering several World War I era aircraft types it produced from its capacity of . Variants ;Delta:The baseline ...

rotary engine, with the remaining two powered by

Gnome 7 Lambda The Gnome 7 Lambda was a French designed, seven-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain and Germany. Powering several World War I-era aircraft types it was claimed to produce from its capacity of a ...

rotary engines.

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;Caudron J:The initial 1913 version of the Caudron floatplane with span and

Anzani 10-cyl radial The Anzani 10 was a 1913 10-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine. It powered several experimental aircraft and also the later production versions of the Caudron G.3 reconnaissance aircraft, the Caudron G.4 bomber/trainer and the first prod ...

. Winner of the Deauville contest in August 1913. ;Caudron J Marine: 1914 production version of the Type J, with 3 examples purchased by the

Marine Française The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in th ...

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