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la malungu esakhiwe eyintlo ka ebaleka ngaphembili ukuya ngemva zikwanikezela ukemelela ngebude kwisiqu.
these main structural members run forward and aft and provide longitudinal strength to the hull.

ukushiya inqanawe xa ulwandle ludlokeva okanye xa inqanawe isemlilweni, umz. izakubaluvavanye elungzonegqo leqeqesho elulungileyo, nokuqeqesheka ekuzakufuna ukuphela, ukemelela, ngamanye amaxesha ukuzincoma.
to abandon ship in a heavy sea or when the ship is on fire, for example, will be a severe test of good training and discipline which will call for coolness, steadiness and sometimes self-sacrifice.