Complex sentence: Large anti-torpedo bulges were fitted, the secondary armament of twelve guns of a new design was mounted on the forecastle deck and the resulting high freeboard gave the design a greater ratio of reserve buoyancy to displacement than in any previous British dreadnought.
Split into simpler sentences: Large anti-torpedo bulges were fitted, and the secondary armament of twelve guns of a new design was mounted on the forecastle deck. The resulting high freeboard gave the design a greater ratio of reserve buoyancy to displacement than in any previous British dreadnought.