ABSTRACT
To be considered seaworthy, a vessel’s hull must be tight, staunch and strong safely to encounter the ordinary action of the wind and waves to which she will be exposed. In this respect, bulkheads, plating and rivets in older ships must be in good condition. In The Torenia,40 the ship was held to be unseaworthy as her hull structure was seriously weakened by corrosion. In The Toledo,41 damage of the plating as a result of deformation of the brackets and frames in the internal structure of the ship which exposed her to much greater stresses than provided for when she was built, rendered the ship unseaworthy. Similarly, loose rivets,42 a crack in one of the ship’s hull plates43 and corroded cap screws in the hull44 might render a ship unseaworthy.
