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Floodable Length Screen

Rough floodable-length estimate from freeboard and permeability for one-compartment-standard screening.

Damage stability

Length between perpendicularsmFreeboard at bulkhead deckmCompartment permeability μ -

Floodable length

151.9m

Fraction of L

0.759 -

Formula, assumptions, and limits

Order-of-magnitude screen for one-compartment damage. The rigorous floodable-length curve from SOLAS II-1 Reg 4 requires station-by-station hydrostatics. Use this only as a sanity check; actual compartment spacing must come from the damage-stability booklet.

Symbol legend

Meaning	Unit	Source
Length between perpendiculars	m	particulars
Freeboard to bulkhead deck	m	loadline
Compartment permeability	-	SOLAS Reg 7-3