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The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998
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* the strength of the ship;
* the reserve buoyancy;
* the physical means of preventing entry of water into
the hull;
* the safety of the crew on the weather deck;
* the potential wetness of the weather deck;
* stability in the normal loaded condition (Intact
stability criteria is specified in this part of the
schedule);
* the degree of subdivision and stability after
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damaged compartment (other than the machinery
space) at an assumed permeability of 0.95 and be
stable.
If length exceeds 225 m, the machinery space shall
rank as a floodable compartment at an assumed
permeability of 0.85.
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To have adequate residual stability.
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(These supplementary conditions are laid down in
SCHELE 2, P RT III - SPECI L REQIREMENTS
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adjacent damaged compartments (other than the
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