The arrangement of such subdivision to ensure that the ship will remain afloat when one or, in certain cases, two or three major compartments are flooded.
Ucwangciso lolo lwahlulo ukuqinisekisa okokuba inqanawa ihlala idada xa enye okanye kwiimeko ezithile, ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu iikhompathimenti ezinkulu xa zigcwaliswe ngamanzi.