| A 15-man life raft is installed either side in the forward section of each sponson. |
| The next thing I remember was someone on another sponson throwing me a life ring, which landed about five feet from the hull of the ship. |
| An eager gunner endeavoured to pass one of the tanks, but his gun caught the sponson and slipped off into the mud. |
| He leaned on the rail and watched the departure of the officer of the faded blue cap with his crew of the sponson boat. |
| The three davits for the deployment of landing craft and the patrol boat are relocated to a sponson installed on the port side of the ship instead of on the flight deck. |
| A key issue is the cleanliness of the hangar bay, sponson and door light-locker. |
