18 Watertight Subdivision Bulkheads
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18 Watertight Subdivision Bulkheads

  18.1 Where a vessel is required to be fitted with watertight collision or subdivision bulkheads, each watertight bulkhead shall be of sufficient strength to be capable of remaining watertight with a head of water to the top of the bulkhead.

  18.2 Each watertight bulkhead shall extend to the bulkhead deck and shall be installed in one plane without steps or recesses insofar as in reasonable and practicable. Any steps or recesses permitted shall comply with the applicable subdivision requirements in this chapter.

  18.3 The number of penetrations in a watertight bulkhead shall be minimised. A penetration in a watertight bulkhead shall be as high and as far inboard in the bulkhead as practicable, and made watertight.

  18.4 Sluice valves shall not be permitted in watertight bulkheads.

  18.5 A door fitted in a watertight bulkhead shall be of watertight construction and be kept closed at sea, unless opened at the discretion of the Master.

  18.6 The Administration shall determine the extent to which this regulation is applied to existing vessels.

Parent topic: Part D - Subdivision
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