Many men press-ganged into service could not read, therefore the only way to determine to which ship he belonged was to look at the badge on the stern or the figurehead at the bows of the ship.
Amadoda amaninzi ayekulo msebenzi waselwandle ayengakwazi ukufunda, ngako oko eyona ndlela yokuwazi ukuba ngaweyiphi inqanawa yikukujonga iibheji zawo ezingasemva wkinqanawa okanye ngaphambili kwinqanawa.