| 41. | In July 1944 she underwent a four-month refit where her forecastle was extended.
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| 42. | The class was designed to be 16-gun ship sloops with quarterdecks and forecastles.
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| 43. | They had a high rounded stern with large aftcastle, forecastle and bowsprit at the stem.
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| 44. | Fires broke out on the forecastle.
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| 45. | One shell from the Japanese ship hit her in the forecastle, but did little damage.
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| 46. | The vessels were long, had a bow with a more sharply sheered and turtleback forecastle.
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| 47. | The Spanish guns were removed and replaced with guns mounted on her forecastle and poop deck.
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| 48. | Another idea, subsequently adopted, was to design the forecastle to break abaft the turrets.
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| 49. | The vessels had two complete decks, upper and lower, with poop and forecastle decks.
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| 50. | All members of the class were flush-decked, but with a long topgallant forecastle.
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