From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishamidshipsa‧mid‧ships /əˈmɪdˌʃɪps/ adverb technical TTWMIDDLEin the middle part of a ship
Examples from the Corpus
amidships• The cat, although nervous, appears unharmed by the tennis ball which has just struck it amidships.• The flight deck control post, where I sat, was situated on the port side, amidships.• Then it struck the raft amidships and disappeared from view for a moment.• A porthole was opened amidships and on a plank lay the small body.• Provision was also made for two other Lewis guns, one amidships and one in the tail.• Usually, they had a single mast stepped amidships and were rigged with a single square sail.• The worst situation was amidships, by the base of the mainmast.• There was a low deckhouse amidships with an upper wheel and emergency tiller steering from a small cockpit aft. 