The royal dockyards had always been notoriously slow compared with commercial firms, taking six or seven years over each of the Admirals.
Iiyadi zamadokisi obukumkani bezicothoza ngokudumileyo xa zithelekiswa neefemi zorhwebo zithatha ininyaka emithandathu okanye esixhenxe ngaphezulu kwenye yabaphathi.