The hull is divided horizontally by decks, which in a warship run continuously from stem to stern except where they are broken by the main machinery spaces; in a freighter their continuity is further broken by the holds .
Isiqu senqanawa sohlulwe ngokusityaba zidekhi, esithi siqhubeke ngokubaleka ukusuka kubude benqanawa bonke ukuya ngasemva ngaphandle kwalapho zophuke khona kwizithuba zomatshini ongundoqo; kwinqanawa ethwala iimpahla ukuqhubeka kwaphulwa zizibambi zazo.