About two years into her Garmilas career, Flandre and the fleet of carriers she was leading was devastated by a carrier strike that had managed to outflank the main Garmillas fleet. Flandre's superstructure and upper hanger were complete destroyed, and it was only though excellent damage control and the quick thinking of the third bridge's commanding officer that saw her live to fight another day. A repair ship conduced emergency repair to allow Flandre to return to Garmillas. When she returned, Flandre was immediately put into dry-dock while the Republican navy figured out what to do with her. In the end it was decided, on the advice of the EDF, to convert Flandre into a Galvades style battlecarrier. A large bulge was added to her hull for increased seagong stablity as well as additional protection. A not-insignificant amount of the lower hanger was gutted and converted to a flip mount for six of her eight new fourteen inch guns. A Gevlades style upper hanger was constructed upon the remains of the original upper hanger, and a Yamato styled bridge and VLS were fitted. Flandre's original secondary guns were mounted on the hanger, as well half of the imported twelve inch guns. Finally, a Dreadnought style fire control rangefinder was fitted to the top of the bridge. At the end of the loan term, and after several years of distinguished service for Garmillas, Flandre was returned to Earth, freshly painted in EDF colours.

The EDF put Flandre though many trials to test the flip deck concept before she was put back into regualer service. When she was taken out of service, several decades later, Flandre became a museum ship in Garmillas, thanks to her popularity during her Garmillas service.

Bonus edit: Flandre at sea.