When the French abandoned the broadside ironclad, they yet wished to retain the high freeboard in whatever type they adopted.
Xa iFrentshi yayilahla icala elibanzi lenqanawa yemfazwe ekhuselwa ngamacangci entsimbi, banqwenela ukugcina iplanga elizimeleyo kollo naluphi na uhlobo olwamkelwayo.