Saddled with great dockyards geared to wooden building, they had to face soaring costs as Victorian technology created the new iron ships.
Enziwe neeyadi zedokisi ezifakelwe kwizakhiwo zokhuni kwaye kwafuneka zijongane needleko ezinkulu njengokuba itekhnoliji yeVictorian yavelisa iinqanawa ezintsha zentsimbi.