Predating the modern Aircraft Carrier, were the British seaplane carriers of WWI. Many of which were converted passenger liners, ferries and Naval trawlers. Seaplane sorties began and ended with the aircraft being hoisted over the side via specialized lifting booms attached to hardware on the aircraft. The pilot would carry a lifting harness aboard his aircraft, and then attach this harness to the aircrafts lugs, and to the ships hook for deployment and recovery. Main Plane to Center Section Junction Hardware 
Sopwith Baby Airfoil
The airfoil is representative of a typical WWI (thin) airfoil section. In the course of inputing the original 1915 coordinates into the CAD software, I discovered significant irregularities in the original curve profile which are demonstrated in the following four images. No doubt that in 1915, these were compensated for on the shop floor by the "craftsmanship" and trained eye of those who built these machines.
However, I do have an advantage of modern design and manufacturing technologies which will allow for precision cutting of these rib assemblies and thus result in the "cleanest" airfoil possible while still maintaining the original design intent.
Top Wing Center Section
Top Wing Center Section
(forward quarter view)
Top Wing Center Section
(rear quarter view)
Lift Hardware Top Center Section
For an exciting historical series of first hand accounts of these operations, I highly recommend the text "Ben-My-Chree" (Woman of My Heart) Isle of Mann Packet Steamer and Seaplane Carrier, by Ian M Burns, 2008.
Front Spar Junction Box
(center section assembly)
Upper center section spar box
Method of obtaining 2.5 deg dihedral on both Baby and Schneider
Rabbet to receive junction box, (front spar upper center section)
The earliest examples of the Sopwith Schneider to see service in the R.N.A.S, utilized wing warping mechanisms for lateral (roll control), as did the 1914 Schneider Cup racer, and the original Tabloid. This junction on the aft spar is a remnant of this mechanism. Note the "ball in socket" nature of the wooden members at this junction. The later Sopwith Baby's utilized aileron control, but retained this junction.
Ailerons and Hardware
Aileron Assembly
(Top Port Wing)
Top Aileron Balance Lever (2) required 
Aileron Hinge Detail
Outboard Panel Wing Assemblies
