watertight bulkhead

The watertight bulkhead had been opened to let the water rush through her.

There are three watertight bulkheads, which reach to the main deck.

Her watertight bulkheads were the first to be used in a warship.

Although the watertight bulkheads extended well above the water line, they were not sealed at the top.

Facing them was an eight-clamped door set in a watertight bulkhead.

Its two engine rooms are separated by a watertight bulkhead division.

"But anything over five knots will carry away the watertight bulkheads forward.

There were five watertight bulkheads rising all the way up to B-deck.

After walking through another watertight bulkhead, they found themselves in the Nautilus's engine room.

The hull is constructed of eighteen forms and five watertight bulkheads.

A system of watertight bulkheads has since been installed to prevent the event from occurring again.

Her hull was divided into eight compartments by seven watertight bulkheads.

The watertight bulkhead that is supposed to head off such on-rushes of sea water had split.

They also have watertight bulkheads beneath the vehicle deck.

The ships were divided into nine main compartments by eight watertight bulkheads.

A series of watertight bulkheads also extended from the keel to the gun deck.

As the ship had been fitted with watertight bulkheads she survived and was repaired.

More watertight bulkheads, in addition to those required by a ship's normal class, are usually required.

The force of the explosion damaged the watertight bulkhead between hold one and the forepeak.

They walked through another watertight bulkhead and into a compartment that had once held the submarine's air tanks.

Its hull had three watertight bulkheads, and drew four-and-a-half feet of water.

New safety rules were introduced for this race, including compulsory watertight bulkheads and a simple stability check.

The only concessions to modernity are watertight bulkheads and heavier ballast.

Flooding of the rudder room should not have sunk the ship since there was a watertight bulkhead.

An additional concession to safety regulations was the division of the traditional cargo hold into watertight bulkheads.