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 compartment
noun
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.