A rank of a senior naval officer. By custom the title of the commanding officer of any naval vessel, irrespective of his or her actual rank. In the merchant navy the equivalent term is master.
Ngumgangatho wesikhundla zomphathi-mikhosi. Ngokwesithethe sisihlonipho somphathi-mikhosi oyalelayo wayo nayiphina inqanawa yomkhosi wamanzi, ngokungakhethi esona sikhundla sakhe. Koomatiloshe bezorhwebo igama elisondleyo kweli lithi kapteni.