Previously the third-rate had covered any ship from sixty guns to eighty and had been by far the largest and most important rate in the battle fleet.
Kwedlulileyo esesithathu isantya sasigquma nayiphi inqanawa ukusuka kumashumi amathandathu emipu ukuya kumashumi asibhozo yayizezona zikude zikwankulu kwaye izezona zazibalulekileyo kwisantya kudabi lohambo ngenqanawa.