How do submarines remain waterproof

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Given that propellers are moved by shafts connected to motors within the body, wouldn’t the interface of these shafts with the shell of the vehicle be a weak point? How do they waterproof and pressure proof those joints?

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In the case of deep submersibles, there is no shaft passing through the pressure hull. They use external thrusters with electric motors.

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