By 1890 many people thought that the development of the torpedo and the torpedo-boat had rendered the battleship obsolete.
Ngonyaka wekhulu elinesibhozo amawaka aneshumi elinethoba abantu abaninzi babecinga ukuba ukwakhiwa kwetopido nenqanawa yetopido kwakuthetha ukuphelelwa kwexesha lenqanawa zomlo.