A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 51
watertight cover to the compartment);because, when the compartment was bilged, their tops would beunder water before the increase of draught had sufficed to restorethe lost buoyancy. And when their tops are under water, the wateris free to pass over the tops, or through hatchways and openings inthe… … illustrates this serious defect. The main deck at which the trans-verse bulkheads ab and ce end is lower than in Figs. 14 and 15, allother conditions remaining unchanged; and consequently, when thecompartment is bilged, the water can pour over the tops of thebulkheads into the spaces before and…
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