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What is the lowest compartment in a ship?
Bilge
How does a brig look like?
a brig is a ship and a compartment of a ship that is a jail cell.
What is The lowest compartment in a ship's hold?
Bilge
What is a compartment in a ship called?
It depends of the compartment of course, some are more important than others, but a general compartment I believe might be termed a 'berth.'
What is an afterpeak?
An afterpeak is the compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship.
Small rooms on board a ship?
On a cruise ship it is called a cabin or berth. On a military vessel or merchant ship it is called a compartment.
Why was it called the unsinkable ship?
It was called unsinkable because it had sixteen water tight compartment and if five flooded the ship could still keep moveing with out sinking
Where did the word cockpit originate?
it has been a pit for fighting cocks since the 16th century &by extensionthe midshipmens compartment below decks on a ship since the 17th&laterthe pilots compartment of an airplane&most recently of allthe drivers compartment in a racecar
Why did the Titanis sunk?
The Titanic sunk, because after it struck an iceberg, water flowed into it's first five compartments. As the ship got lower into the water, water overflowed from the fifth compartment into the sixth compartment, the sixth compartment overflowed into the seventh, until finally the ship was pulled under by the weight of the water in it's first five compartments. Also when it was about 19 degrees above the water, the back half of the ship broke off from the front half and that also led to it's sinking.
What was steerage?
the cargo compartment of a boat, where poorer immigrants traveled in
Why an unsinkable ship can be made?
actually as everyone knows the ship can be vary well sinkable. if 4 compartment or less is filled she will float still that's why they thought she was unsinkable and the way she was made they thought that but if 5 compartment or more go she will sink. Any ship is sinkable if enough damage is done. For a ship to be unsinkable ion both fresh and salt water, its construction material would need to have a density less than 1000 kg/m^3.
What is the function of bulkhead?
The term bulk head refers to an upright partition dividing a ship into compartments which assists in stabilizing the ship and helps prevent leakage and fire from going into the ship. These partitions can also be found in vehicles such as aircraft or spacecraft.
