The senior rating or warrant officer responsible for police duties in a ship. Now only found in the larger warships and sometimes in passenger vessels. The term is now used in the SA Navy for the senior Warrant Officer in a shore establishment who performs similar duties to that of the Coxswain aboard ship.
Kukulinganiselelwa phezulu okanye ngumphathi-mikhosi wodidi oluthile nmoxanduva lokujongana nemisebenzi yobupolisa enqanaweni. Ngoku kufumaneka nakwinqanawa ezinkulu kakhulu kwaye maxa wambi kwiinqanawa zabakhweli. Eli gama ngoku liyasetyenziswa ngumkhosi wamanzi wase-SA wasebukhosini libhekiselele kumphathi-mikhosi omkhulu wodidi oluthile ekusungulweni konxweme owenza imisebenzi efanayo naleyo yomlawuli wenqanawa.