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What is used to prevent accidental flooding of a double bottom or peak tanks in the event of a pipe rupture due to collision?

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What is used to prevent accidental flooding of a double bottom or peak tanks in the event of a pipe rupture due to collision?

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• Damage stability and subdivision requirements for double bottoms and peak tanks • How margin line is used in flooding protection design • Typical piping arrangements that prevent tanks from flooding if a line is ruptured above or below the waterline

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• Which option describes a piping arrangement that would still prevent water from entering the tank even if the line is ruptured due to collision? • Consider where seawater would try to enter if the pipe is broken: does the design keep the opening above a certain safe level? • Which choice is a regulatory construction requirement rather than just an operational or convenience feature?

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• Identify which option mentions the margin line and the relative height of the piping • Eliminate options that only talk about valves or number of pipes without changing where flooding could reach • Ask: which arrangement ensures that, if the hull and piping are damaged at the side, water cannot rise to the tank connection without first reaching above the margin line?

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What is used to prevent accidental flooding of a double bottom or peak tanks in the event of a pipe rupture due to collision?

All tanks must be served by the fewest possible number of pipes to reduce the possibility of rupture.

Suction lines are fitted with a non-return valve

Separate lines are provided for filling and pumping these tanks.

Pipe lines must run vertically from the tank to a point above the margin line before turning fore or aft towards the pump.

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