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"Q1. (a) Describe the immediate action that the Engineer Officer of the watch should take in the event of the engine room bilge rising faster than can be contained by the bilge pump; Also mention your immediate action to stop the ingress of sea water completely into engine room bilges in a particular situation like inlet sea water pipe line of main sea water pump is ruptured and sea water filling up engine room bilges very rapidly and engine room pumping systems are not coping up at all
(b) State the features provided in the engine room pumping systems to deal with the situation in the event of the engine room bilge rising faster than can be contained by the bilge pump.