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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Tickler''''' was one of 24 gunboats of the [[Ant Class Gunboat (1870)|Ant class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Tickler''''' was one of 24 gunboats of the [[Ant Class Gunboat (1870)|Ant class]].
  
 
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''Tickler'' was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Afrikander''''' in 1919.  In 1923 ''Afrikander'' transferred to the Union of South African Seaward Defence Force as '''H.M.S.A.S. ''Afrikander'''''.  She returned to the Royal Navy in December 1932, becoming '''H.M.S. ''Afrikander II'''''.
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Commissioned on 15 June, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 297}}  In mid-1937, she was a depot ship at [[Simonstown]].{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Douglas Hamond-Graeme|nick=Douglas Hamond-Graeme|appt=12 May, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 241}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommSA}}|name=Norman Hugh Rankin|nick=Norman H. Rankin|appt=15 June, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 297}}|end=|note=and as Officer Commanding [[South African Naval Service]]|as=Captain of H.M.S.A.S. ''Afrikander''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Noel Cornwall Webber|nick=Harold N. C. Webber|appt=30 May, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 214}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Afrikander II''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:19, 18 July 2018

H.M.S. Tickler (1879)
Builder: Pembroke
Launched: 15 Sep, 1879[1]
Broken up: 1937[2]

H.M.S. Tickler was one of 24 gunboats of the Ant class.

Service

Tickler was renamed H.M.S. Afrikander in 1919. In 1923 Afrikander transferred to the Union of South African Seaward Defence Force as H.M.S.A.S. Afrikander. She returned to the Royal Navy in December 1932, becoming H.M.S. Afrikander II.

Commissioned on 15 June, 1923.[3] In mid-1937, she was a depot ship at Simonstown.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 241.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.

Bibliography


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