If the wound came as far aft as BR 5, carrying the watertight bulkheads to D deck would not have saved the ship.
The stern is out of the water as far about as the base of the mainmast, or a little further forward." "The red line is approximately parallel to the forecastle head, and it shows that Got the black line, which, as you will notice, puts the forecastle entirely under water, and also the forward end of B deck."Ĭondition B7 - The next was the partial flooding of BR 4 shown in dashed red. 6, adding its flooding effect to the forward spaces, and I 5 boiler room in identically the same way as I had previously flooded No. It means the eventual foundering of the ship. The water had got up above the top of A bulkhead, and would get down into the rest of the forepeak. 6 boiler room, in addition to the others, of course, which is shown in the blue tint, and gave the blue waterline. 3 hold, which I then wanted to indicate by the red space which isĬondition B5 - "I then flooded No.
Of course,Īs you will see, the water is still at that time below the level of the top of the bulkheads which run to the E deck."Ĭondition B4 - "Then, having flooded the forepeak and No. 2 was flooded it would flood the firemen's passage, because, the waterline has then got above the step in the bulkhead and can go down the stairs. 2 hold, which is marked brown, and I got the brown waterline.
WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTS PLUS
1 hold plus the forepeak."Ĭondition B3 - "I then, in addition to having the forepeak flooded and No. 1 hold, which is tinted green, and I got the green waterline. Ĭondition B1 - "The first thing was to flood the forepeak tank, that was the foremost compartment of the ship, which is marked in yellow, and which gave the yellowĬondition B2 - "I then flooded No. Condition B0 - The first plan shows the ship in the unflooded condition with the waterline marked as a solid blue line.