and the flooding of any 3 adjacent main compartments
Passenger ships; Define ‘Margin Line’ |
A line drawn at least 76mm below the upper surface of the the bulkhead deck at the side of a subdivided ship |
Passenger ships; Define ‘Bulkhead Deck’ |
The uppermost deck to which the transverse watertight bulkheads are carried |
Passenger ships; Define ‘Factor of Subdivision’ |
Is a number with a maximum value of 1. It varies inversely as the length of the vessel and number of passengers increase.
i.e. Longer vessel, more passengers = Smaller F |
Passenger ships; Define ‘Permissible length’ |
Equal to the Floodable length x Factor of Subdivision (F)The The maximum length of a compartment shall not exceed it’s ‘Permissible length’ |
Passenger ships; Define ‘Floodable length’ |
Maximum length of that portion having it’s centre at a given point which can be flooded without submerging any part of the margin line when the ship has no list |