strated years later, when, as a result of an accident to her engines, the two largest adjoining compartments of the City of Paris were flooded, at a time when the ship was 150 miles off the coast of Ireland. There was no wireless in those days to send out its call for help, and for three days the ship drifted in a helpless condition. Thanks to her lofty bulkheads, the good ship stood the ordeal and was finally brought into port without the loss of a single passenger.
BULKHEAD SPACING ON NOTABLE SHIPS
NAME
Date of Building
* Registered
No. of Main
Average Length of
Per cent. of
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1911
852.5
15
53
6.2
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1907
762.0
16
45
5.9
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1908
699.0
13
50
7.1
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1854–59
680.0
1 9
68
10.0
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1905
650.0
15
50
7.8
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1893
601.0
1 8
67
11.1
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1888
517.0
14
37
6.7
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1894
270.7
11
23
8.3
* Figures in this column represent the length between perpendiculars.
An interesting study of bulkhead practice in some notable ships is afforded by the table and
