---------------------------------------+---------+------------------- | | Distance | Height | from 34 feet | to next | 7 inches water | deck | line amidships. | above. +---------+--------- | | Above. | Below. ---------------------------------------+---------+---------+--------- |_Ft. in._|_Ft. in._|_Ft. in._ Boat deck, length about 500 feet | | 58 0 | A deck, length about 500 feet | 9 6 | 48 6 | B deck, length about 550 feet, with | | | 125 feet forecastle and 105 feet poop| 9 0 | 39 6 | C deck, whole length of ship | 9 0 | 30 6 | D deck, whole length of ship | 10 6 | 20 0 | | |(Tapered | | | down at | | | ends.) | E deck, whole length of ship | 9 0 | 11 0 | F deck, whole length of ship | 8 6 | 2 6 | G deck, 190 feet forward of boilers, | | | 210 feet aft of machinery | 8 0 | | 5 6 Orlop deck, 190 feet forward of | | | boilers, 210 feet aft of machinery | 8 0 | | 13 6 ---------------------------------------+---------+--------------------- C, D, E, and F were continuous from end to end of the ship. The decks above these were continuous for the greater part of the ship, extending from amidships both forward and aft. The boat deck and A deck each had two expansion joints, which broke the strength continuity. The decks below were continuous outside the boiler and engine rooms and extended to the ends of the ship. Except in small patches none of these decks was water-tight in the steel parts, except the weather deck and the orlop deck aft. (3) _Transverse vertical bulkheads._--There were 15 transverse water-tight bulkheads, by which the ship was divided in the direction of her length into 16 separate compartments. These bulkheads are referred to as "A" to "P," commencing forward. The water-tightness of the bulkheads extended up to one or other of the decks D or E; the bulkhead A extended to C, but was only water-tight to D deck. The position of the D, E, and F decks, which were the only ones to which the water-tight bulkheads extended, was in relation to the water line (34 feet 7 inches draft) approximately as follows: