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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Tickler'' (1879)|fatedate=1937{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 281}} |order= |name=Tickler |launch=15 Sep, 1879{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 281}} |builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard|Pembroke]] |fate=Broken up |pend= |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]]. ==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.{{NLApr25|p. 297}} In mid-1937, she was a depot ship at [[Simonstown]].{{NLJul37|p. 214}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Tickler''" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Douglas Hamond-Graeme|nick=Douglas Hamond-Graeme|appt=12 May, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 241}}|end=}} {{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''}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=21 May, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 214}}|end=|note=and as Captain in Charge, [[Simonstown]]|as=Captain of H.M.S.A.S. ''Afrikander''}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tickler_(1879)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Ant Class Gunboat (1870)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tickler}} {{CatShipGunboat|UK}}

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