| Name: | AFRICA |
| Launched: | 27/01/1883 |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 452 |
| Dimensions: | 122grt, 41nrt, 100.0 x 19.8 x 10.1ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (21 & 38 x 24ins), 600ihp, 80nhp |
| Engines By: | Ross & Duncan, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84878 |
| History: | |
| 26/05/1883 | Charles Dyble et al; registered at North Shields |
| 1891 | Charles Hooper; registered at Swansea |
| 1896 | Edward Towers, Swansea |
| 1896 | James A Wood, West Hartlepool |
| 1896 | Africa Tug Co Ltd (manager William H Towers), Swansea |
| 1903 | Lawson Steam Tug Boat Co Ltd, South Shields |
| 1906 | Registered at South Shields; renamed NESTOR |
| 06/1920 | Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd |
| 06/1937 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1883: Operated as a trawler |
| 1915: Chartered to William Watkins Ltd, London | |
| 02/1918: Hired by the Admiralty and temorarily renamed VELMAR | |
| 12/1918: Returned to owners as NESTOR | |
| 06/1937: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston; cost £463 |
Above photo as AFRICA copyright of Swanseamariners
Above photo as NESTOR copyright of The World Ship Society