Deck General · Watertight Integrity
The continuous deck that forms the top of the watertight subdivision and to which transverse bulkheads extend is the:
- AMain deck
- BBulkhead (freeboard) deck✓ Correct
- CWeather deck
- DTween deck
Explanation
The bulkhead deck (often the freeboard deck) is the uppermost deck to which watertight bulkheads are carried. Freeboard is measured from this deck's edge down to the waterline.
Authority: SOLAS Chapter II-1; International Convention on Load Lines 1966
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