| A number of exercises were executed, including dropping the winchman on the afterdeck, transferring lifeboat crew to the helicopter, and a stretcher exercise. |
| Two seismic air guns on the deck before they are lowered from the afterdeck and towed behind the ship. |
| Smoking is restricted to an equipment room but new regulations mean smoking will only be allowed on the exposed afterdeck. |
| Passengers were permitted to transit and wait in the area of the afterdeck from which the vessel was being navigated. |
| But her plating groaned in heavy seas, and water sloshed almost continually over the afterdeck. |
| The remotely operated mine disposal vehicle launch and recovery area is on the afterdeck which is equipped with two cranes. |