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Given that several nations had operational carriers by 1920 and biplanes were still in military service, were there any folding wing biplanes?

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Wikipedia: United States first purpose built aircraft carrier, USS Langley (1920), note no biplanes have wings folded.

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The Blackburn Ripon -- a British carrier-based torpedo bomber -- is such example (first flight 1926):

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Source: aviadejavu.ru via Flight

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Source: Imperial War Museums -- seen here landing on HMS Furious

Earliest mentions I found -- not necessarily carrier-based, and not necessarily real(?):

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Source: Flight -- 1911

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Source: Flight -- folding wings on the aerial-saw concept from 1915 (click image to view)

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Fairey Swordfish, operated off Royal Navy carriers in WW2. Supermarine Walrus, a single engine pusher flying boat carried on cruisers. Similar vintage.

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