41. There was a mechanical problem with the steering gear . 42. The lack of armour at the stern meant that the steering gear and rudder were vulnerable. 43. For armament, she was originally equipped with a battery of twelve steering gear had a deck. 44. A hydraulic power steering system was available as an option for the worm type steering gear . 45. It denied earlier reports that steering gear failed. 46. The steering gears are attached to arearly rod which moves when the steering wheel is turned. 47. The armoured deck was thick over the magazines and machinery, over the steering gear and elsewhere. 48. She was fitted with double action steering gear . 49. Four decks were armoured with thicknesses varying from, thickest over the magazines and the steering gear . 50. It is capable of being beached in an emergency without sustaining damage to engines or steering gear .
