Were the bulkheads which are designed to prevent the spread of fire not closed?
A bulkhead by its nature is a vertical structure and a deck is a horizontal one.
Every bulkhead is in the form of a safety device.
They are as defenceless as a ship which has no bulkheads.
Indeed, if the higher bulkheads were reduced to a total of six, there would be a general improvement in the ship's safety.
Some of the things fixed on the bulkhead have a life of a hundred years.
There is reference to fire control by means of fire-proof bulkheads.
The forward bulkhead of the forward boiler room was wrecked.
