HMSAS Afrikander
| HMS Mastiff HMS Tickler's sister ship, HMS Mastiff (foreground, in white) | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Tickler |
| Owner: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dock, Wales |
| Cost: | c.£13,000[1] |
| Launched: | 15 September 1879 |
| Renamed: | HMS Afrikander on 26 February 1919 |
| Homeport: | Simon's Town from 1902 |
| Fate: |
Converted to steam lighter in 1902 Transferred to South African Seaward Defence Force in 1923 |
| Career (South Africa) | |
| Name: | HMSAS Afrikander |
| Owner: | South African Naval Services |
| Acquired: | 1923 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1923 |
| Decommissioned: | December 1932 |
| Out of service: | Returned to Royal Navy as Afrikander II[2] |
| Career (United Kingdom) | |
| Name: | HMS Afrikander II[2] |
| Owner: | Royal Navy |
| Fate: | Broken up at Simon's Town in 1937[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gadfly-class flat-iron gunboat |
| Displacement: | 254 tons standard |
| Length: | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 1.5 in (7.963 m) |
| Draught: | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 260 indicated horsepower (190 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h)[1] |
| Crew: | 30[1] |
| Armament: |
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HMS Tickler was a Royal Navy Gadfly-class flat-iron gunboat launched in 1879. She was transferred to Simon's Town in South Africa in 1902 and converted to a steam lighter. In 1919 she became HMS Afrikander and was transferred to the South African Naval Service in 1923, becoming HMSAS Afrikander. She was returned to the Royal Navy in December 1932 and re-named HMS Afrikander II in 1933. She was finally broken up at Simon's Town in 1937.
Tickler was launched on 15 September 1879 as the last of the Royal Navy Gadfly-class flat-iron gunboats. She arrived in Simon's Town in 1902 and was converted there to a steam lighter.[1]
Base ship, Simon's Town
She was used as a base depot ship servicing the Royal Navy and South African Naval Services fleets in Simon's Town harbour and False Bay. She was renamed HMS Afrikander in 1919. When the South African Naval Service was created on 1 April 1922, all officers and men were nominally registered in the books of Afrikander. This was required because the Naval Discipline Act stated that in order to be subservient to the Act, all members had to be serving on a HM Ship. The Act was amended in 1923 and Afrikander was then transferred to the Union of South African Seaward Defence Force as HMSAS Afrikander.[Note 1][2] She was returned to the Royal Navy in December 1932 and renamed HMS Afrikander II in 1933.
Fate
After decommissioning she was broken up for scrap in Simon's Town in 1937.[2]
Notes
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