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 .

For centuries these estuaries were regarded as one of the major advantages for a port, since the natural scouring effect of the river guaranteed that adequate depths of water would extend far inland.
Kwiminyaka emininzi la machweba omlambo ayethathwa ngokuba zezona zinto zilungileyo kumazibuko enqanawa sukela oko izikhukulisi zendalo ziqaphele lo mlambo ziqinisekisile ukuba ubunzulu oboneleyo bamanzi buza kwandela kude emhlabeni.

This is because the cables of adjacent ships would foul one another.

Kungokuba intsontelo yokubophelela inqanawa yokumela inqanawa.