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Definition of watertight compartment in English: watertight compartmentnoun Any of the sections with intervening watertight partitions into which the interior of a large ship is usually divided for safety. Example sentencesExamples - Every modern ship is built with watertight compartments so that when a leak is identified within a compartment, it can be quickly sealed off.
- Below the main deck, the hull is subdivided into five watertight compartments: forepeak, bowthruster room with deep fuel oil tanks, insulated freezer, and fresh holds and engine room.
- The frigates have a double-skinned hull divided by ten bulkheads into watertight compartments.
- The submarine consists of six watertight compartments separated by transverse bulkheads in a pressurised double-hull.
- Hulls were divided into watertight compartments sealed with resin, so that they could survive a hole at sea.
Definition of watertight compartment in US English: watertight compartmentnoun Any of the sections with intervening watertight partitions into which the interior of a large ship is now usually divided for safety. Example sentencesExamples - The frigates have a double-skinned hull divided by ten bulkheads into watertight compartments.
- The submarine consists of six watertight compartments separated by transverse bulkheads in a pressurised double-hull.
- Hulls were divided into watertight compartments sealed with resin, so that they could survive a hole at sea.
- Every modern ship is built with watertight compartments so that when a leak is identified within a compartment, it can be quickly sealed off.
- Below the main deck, the hull is subdivided into five watertight compartments: forepeak, bowthruster room with deep fuel oil tanks, insulated freezer, and fresh holds and engine room.
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