The foremost barbette was located ahead of the foremast, and had a field of fire ahead, extending to well abaft the beam on both sides.
Her hull has been crushed from just abaft the conning tower all the way to the stern, though the forward hull appeared intact.
It would appear that the blast effects on the superstructure from firing abaft the beam were not regarded as important.
She had two electrically driven rudders on the centerline, the main rudder abaft the smaller auxiliary rudder.
Two gunpowder-propelled catapults were located on the beam abaft the mainmast.
The fisherman's staysail, a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, is not strictly a staysail, but is clewed abaft the foremast.
The paddlewheels were mounted one abaft the other in a center well.
Two sets of twin 533mm in torpedo tubes were mounted abaft the single funnel.
