The after part of the upper deck, normally reserved for the use of the officers. It remains the custom in many navies, the SA Navy included, for officers and ratings to salute whenever stepping onto the quarter-deck. This practice is derived from the custom in the older days of sail of mounting a shrine on the quarter-deck.
Indawo yangasemva yedekhi yangasentla, edla ngokugcinelwa ukusetyenziswa ngabaphathi-mikhosi. Oku kuhleli kulisiko kwimikhosi yamanzi emininzi, kuquka noMkhosi wamanzi wase-SA, ukwenzela abaphathi-mikhosi ukuba bakhalele rhoqo xa bekhwela kwikota dekhi. Esi senzo sisukela kwisiko lentsuku zakudala zeseyile yokuxhoma ibhokisi yekota dekhi.