Tables in Volume II give the Admiralty specifications for weight and breaking strength of different types and sizes of cordage, but it must always be remembered that the breaking strengths given are those of new rope, and that these will decrease as the rope wears.
Itafile ezikwi Volume2 zinike iAdmiralty ingcaciso obukhulu kunye nokwaphuka kwamandla kwendidi ezahlukileyo, nesayizi zesishunqu zentambo enkulu, kodwa kufuneka kusoloko kukhunjulwa ukuba ukophuka kwamandla anikiweyo zezo ntambo zintsha, kwaye ezo ziyehla ngokuya intambo ingakhathaleleki.