Although merchant ships are nearly always referred to by their tonnage-gross, register or net, and deadweight-warships are invariably referred to by their displacement.
Nokuba urhwebo lwenqanawa lukufutshane kufuneka luchazwe ngokwenqanawa enomthwalo olinganiswa nee-athom ngobukrwada, ubhaliso okanye inethi, nokufa kobukhulu benqanawa yomkhosi ngokungaguqu-guqukiyo ngokuchazwa ngokuthatha indawo.