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.

Umthwalo wenqanawa olinganiswa nee-athom kunokuba kufuneka ujongwe ngokokuthwala umbilini wenqanawa kwifatyi enkulu yewayini.
Tonnage is supposed to have referred originally to the carrying capacity of a ship in ”tuns” of wine.

Kanti noko, eyona iphantsi kakhulu ibhodi ekhululekileyo umphambili wenqanawa wenza kwakubi kwinqanawa elwandle namanzi kumpu okumgangatho ophezulu.
However, the very low-freeboard bow made them bad sea boats and wet gun-platforms.

Yayikukunqamka kumvumba nokudinwa kwicala lesilinda.

This was cut off at half stroke and exhausted into the side cylinders.