Steel ships, their construction and maintenance : a manual for shipbuilders, ship superintendents, students, and marine engineers (1901)
Walton, Thomas · London : Charles Griffin & Co. ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 354
the collision bulkhead under anycircumstances; indeed, no sluice valve must be fitted to any bulkhead whichbounds a water-ballast tank. If the after peak is not intended for thecarriage of water-ballast, a sluice valve may be fitted in order to allow anywater to reach the pumps in the after hold.… … t DETAILS OF CONSTEUCTION. 263 Steam Vessels with Double Bottoms. (See fig. 174.) Before dealing with the pumps, the nature of all the spaces or compart-ments which exist along the bottoms of vessels with double bottoms for thecarriage of water-ballast ought to be thoroughly understood. The double…
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