For various reasons, then, ships are not all alike, and there seems little point in attempting to present here a classification scheme that would take all the possible features into account.
Ngokwezizathu ezininzi, iinqanawa azifani, kwaye kubonakala kancinci ukuzama ukubeka indlela yokwahlula-hlula enokuthathala ingqalelo zonke izimo ezilindelekileyo.