Ship floodability
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Floodability is the susceptibility of a ship's construction to flooding. It also refers to the ability to intentionally flood certain areas of the hull for damage control purposes, or to increase stab
Compartmentalisation of a ship, to reduce floodability
Parts of a water-tight compartment
Stepan Makarov
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Stepan Osipovich Makarov was a Russian vice-admiral, commander in the Imperial Russian Navy, oceanographer, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He was a pioneer of
Ship floodability
…could be flooded to increase stability or for the carriage of liquids. Russian naval engineer and mathematician Alexei Krylov and Russian vice-admiral Stepan Makarov worked extensively on the research of ship floodability in the early 20th century…
Admiral Stepan Makarov, in the National Library of Norway
Makarov's birthplace in Mykolaiv
The icebreaker Yermak
SS Baikal in service on Lake Baikal