After launching the ship is taken to a fitting-out berth in a basin where machinery not already fitted, internal fittings, armament, radar equipment, funnels, masts and external fittings are secured in position and the rest of the superstructure completed.
Emveni kokunduluka kwenqanawa, inqanawa ithathwa isiwe kwindawo elingene nca ehlala inqanawa ekwizibuko apho omatshini abangalinaniyo, umlinganiso wangaphakathi, izixhobo zomlo, isixhobo esibonisa inqanawa iphina nokuba ibaleka kangaknanai, izixhobo zokusebenza, imasti kunye nomlinganiselo wangaphandle zikwindawo ekhuselekileyo ezinye zonke izakhiwo ezikhulu zigqityiwe.