Task: Translation
Input (Xhosa): Ukucetyiswa kwabadubuli nokuza kwezi ziphuma umphunga ezinamandla, mhlawumbi luzakuhliswa inani lemipu yenqanawa olulayishwa lusiwe kwindawo apho lufike luhlise isantya.
Output (English): Advances in gunnery and the coming of steam power might reduce the number of guns a ship carried to the point where she dropped a rate.