instruction:
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.
question:
It is then protected by a box-like citadel of armour plating which extends from below the waterline on each side, across the deck, and over the bulkheads at each end.
answer:
Ize ikhuselwe likhusi elifana nebhekisi lwo macangci olwelo elinabele ukusuka ngaphantsi komgca kwamanzi kumacala omobini, ukunqumleza umgangathe, ukuye kutsho ngaphaya kodinga kumacalo emabini.


question:
These were made up of six first-rates, three second-rates and fifteen third-rates, none mounting less than eighty guns.
answer:
Ezi zenziwa ngesithandathu esinesantya sokuqala, eyesithathu, yesibini kwisantya kwakunye neshumi elinesihlanu yesithathu kwisantya, zingekho ezinyuke ngaphantsi kwisibhozo yemipu.


question:
This is especially when he is aware that an alteration of course or speed is likely to render the upper deck unsafe.
answer:

Le ke igxininisa xa kuthe kanti unolwazi ngotshintsho lwenkqubo okanye isatya esithanda ukunyuka kumgangatho ongakhuselekanga phezulu.