s of the vessel at right angles to the water line , it would travel through , first 4 feet of cork , then 2 feet of canvas and oakum , then such coal and Stores as were unconsumed , and finally pass through oakum and cork to the sea , on the opposite side from which it entered . The cork is , of… … Fig . 661 . — H . M . S . Inflexible — Section Fig . 662 . — H . M . S . Inflexible — Section abaft Citadel . through Citadel . was made , a further series of cork chambers have been constructed above the lower deck forward and abaft the citadel ; and several tons of cork have also been packed in…
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