Although they were exactly similar to the largest merchant ships, they were too large and valuable, and too much modified for gun platforms, to be chartered out for trading in the summer.
Nangona yayithe ngqo okanye xa ifana kubude babantu abaphila ngokuhlawula abantu, yayinde kakhulu kwaye kukho nemipu kwiplatiform kwakufuneka uphume phandle ngentwasahlobo.