Div 7Means of Closing Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, &c.

Division 7.—Means of Closing Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, &c.

All openings in watertight bulkheads to be closed by means of watertight doors, &c.

27. An opening in a bulkhead or other structure required by these Regulations to be watertight shall be provided with a watertight door or other watertight covering by means of which the opening may be closed and made watertight.

Sliding doors to be fitted.

28.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a door fitted to an opening referred to in the last preceding regulation shall be a sliding door.

(2.) In the case of a Class I. ship, a hinged door may be fitted to an opening—

(a) in a bulkhead, not being a collision bulkhead, which divides one between-deck cargo space from another between-deck cargo space; or

(b) in a bulkhead or other structure in a passenger space, crew space or working space above a deck the underside of which at its lowest point is at least seven feet above the deepest sub-division load water-line.

(3.) A hinged door referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be fitted with catches capable of being operated from each side of the bulkhead in which the door is fitted.