hull breaches
Vessel integrity failures
Hull breaches are ruptures or holes in a ship's or spacecraft's outer structure that allow water or atmosphere to escape.
The term appears most often in science fiction, where a hull breach threatens crew survival by exposing them to vacuum: The explosion caused multiple hull breaches on the lower decks.
In naval contexts, hull breaches from collision or combat can sink a vessel.
- holeAbsence in matter
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- structuralRelating to building framework
- tearTo pull apart
- emergencySerious sudden danger
spaceship · rupture · spacecraft · penetration · shipwrecks · submersibles · emergency procedures · abandon ship · escape hatches · fracture · ballast tanks · ships · lifeboats · going down · dead in the water · damage · fissure · salvage operations
- generation shipscolonists, descendants, life support, cryo chamber, command deck
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Vessel's outer shell condition
structural integrity · airtight seal · watertight compartments · hermetic seal
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