A.The cylinder lies on its side near one side of the vessel, and from the end of the cylinder two piston rods extend to a cross head sliding athwartships, in guides, near the other side of the vessel.

There is a damper, formed like a Venetian blind, with the plates running athwartships at the end of the tubes.

She is divided into seven watertight compartments by athwartship bulkheads.