Regulation 17 – Internal Watertight Integrity of Passenger Ships Above the Bulkhead Deck
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Regulation 17 – Internal Watertight Integrity of Passenger Ships Above the Bulkhead Deck

Parent topic: Part B – Guidance on Individual SOLAS Chapter II-1 Subdivision and Damage Stability Regulations

General – Steps in the bulkhead deck

 For the treatment of steps in the bulkhead deck of passenger ships see Explanatory Notes for regulation 13.

Regulation 17.1

 Watertight sliding doors with reduced pressure head complying with the requirements of MSC/Circ.541, as may be amended, should be in line with regulation 7-2.5.2.1. These types of tested watertight sliding doors with reduced pressure head could be immersed during intermediate stages of flooding.

Regulation 17.3

 These provisions regarding the open end of air pipes should be applied only to damages of longitudinal and transverse extent as defined in regulation 8.3 but limited to the bulkhead deck and involving tanks having their open end terminating within the superstructure.

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