Sufficient stores are normally carried by a warship to enable her to maintain all her equipment in running order for periods varying between three and six months without recourse to supply bases or dockyards, and their number and type is therefore very considerable .
Izitore ezaneleyo zidla ngokuthwalwa yinqanawa yemfazwe ukuze ikwazi ukugcina zonke izixhobo zayo zisebenza kangangexesha elizinyanga ezintathu ukuya kwezintlanu ngaphandle kokuya enxwemeni kuyokufunwa ezinye, kungoko inani lazo lithathelwa ingqalelo.