In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in Xhosa. You must translate it to English in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.

Ukuqhubeleka kokuqiniswa kwakuza kuthatha indawo ukusukela ngoko .
Further strengthening has had to take place since.

Iye iphithanise indawo enelitye elivela phezu komhlaba kumzantsi ze iphakanyiswe, ikhokelela elunxwemeni.
It then fouled some rocky outcrop on the bottom and brought up, leading shoreward.

Ukucetyiswa kwabadubuli nokuza kwezi ziphuma umphunga ezinamandla, mhlawumbi luzakuhliswa inani lemipu yenqanawa olulayishwa lusiwe kwindawo apho lufike luhlise isantya.

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.