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

The Americans on the other hand went in for a triple mounting and carried nine guns in their ships.
AmaMelika kwelinye icala angena kwisithathu sonyuso alayisha ithoba lemipu kwinqanawa zawo .

It is therefore quite possible that this aspect will provide a major economic drawback to the rise in tanker sizes.
Ngoko ke ingenzeka into yokuba le meko ingazisa ubuyiselo emva olukhulu kwezoqoqosho kunyuso milinganiselo yeenqanawa ethutha ipetroyile.

It was merely meant to keep the men's hands in, aloft, as their next ship would almost certainly be a real sailer.

Yokugcina amadoda esandleni phakathi, naphezulu ngokuba eyayizakulandela inqanawa yayiyeyona ilungele umlo.