With reference to ship construction: (a) Explain why conventional liquid carriers are divided by longitudinal bullheads; (2) (b) Explain why ore carriers may be fitted with wing tanks; (2) (c) State, other than the carriage of liquids, the purposes of double bottom tanks in dry-cargo ships; (2) (d) State FOUR reasons for transverse watertight bulkheads in ship construction. (4)

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