Twenty 32-pounder carronades were mounted on the upper deck and a further six 18-pounder carronades were placed on the quarterdeck.
Four were mounted on the sides of the flying-off deck and two on the quarterdeck.
One mount each was on the former flying-off deck and the quarterdeck while the other four were mounted two per side.
The new engine could be controlled directly from the quarterdeck and responded instantly, rather than after a 30-or-more-second delay common with the original engine.
During combat, he was stationed on the quarterdeck, next to the captain.
On the flush deck above she additionally carried six 12-pounder carronades (two forwards and four on the quarterdeck).
She was of three-island construction with a forecastle, bridge house, and quarterdeck, extending to the full width of a low-freeboard hull.
Four depth charge throwers and two rails are installed on the quarterdeck.