Usually the ship is launched stern first, but in some shipyards the tideway (river or canal) is not sufficiently broad to allow this and the ship has to be launched sideways.
Ngokuqhelekileyo inqanawa induluka esiqwini kuqala, kodwa kwezinye iyadi zenqanawa indlela engumsinga (umlambo okanye umjelo) ayondlela yoneleyo ebhaxa evumela oku inqanawa kufuneka induluke emacaleni.