Bulkhead (partition)
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A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship, the fuselage of an airplane, or the body of a car. Other kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads.
Compartmentalisation of a ship, to reduce floodability
The remains of the Quanzhou ship, dated to the Song dynasty and discovered in 1973
Firestopped electrical cable penetration in a bulkhead which is required to have a fire-resistance rating. The firestop is made of a purpose-designed putty on the outside and a proprietary cementitious fill on the inside.
Compartment (ship)
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A compartment is a portion of the space within a ship defined vertically between decks and horizontally between bulkheads. It is analogous to a room within a building, and may provide watertight subdi
Bulkhead (partition)
…a 24 m (78 ft) long Song dynasty ship dredged from the waters off the southern coast of China in 1973, the hull of the ship divided into twelve walled compartmental sections built watertight, dated to about 1277. Texts written by writers such as Marco Polo (1254–1324), Ibn Battuta (1304–1369), Niccolò Da Conti…
Transverse bulkheads appear horizontally in this photo of the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) under construction.
These compartments are formed by non-structural bulkheads.
A watertight hatch with the door dogs clearly visible