HMSAS Afrikander

Tickler's sister ship, Mastiff (foreground, in white)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tickler
Owner	Royal Navy
Builder	Pembroke Dock, Wales
Cost	c.£13,000[1]
Launched	15 September 1879
Renamed	Afrikander on 26 February 1919
Homeport	Simon's Town from 1885
Fate	Converted to steam lighter in 1902 Transferred to South African Seaward Defence Force in 1923
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]
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 ihp (190 kW)[1]
Propulsion	Two 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines Two screws[1]
Speed	8.5 kn (15.7 km/h)[1]
Crew	30[1]
Armament	One 10-inch (18 ton) muzzle-loading rifle[1] (removed in 1902)

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 1885 and converted to a steam lighter in 1902. 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.