French ship Africain

Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Africain ("African"):

• Africain (1701), a 44-gun ship of the line, hulked in Rochefort in 1723.^[1]
• Africain (1769), a 26-gun flûte, broken up in 1780.^[1]
• Africain (1795), a 1-gun flûte, of uncertain origin in service May to September 1795 at Pasjes^[2]
• Africain (1819), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, decommissioned in Saint Louis, Senegal, in 1827.^[1][3]
• Africain (1832), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, decommissioned in Saint Louis, Senegal, in 1838.^[1][4]
• Africain (1858), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, broken up in 1878.^[1][5]
• Arabe (1858), named Africain 1879-81, last mentioned 1882.^[5]

See also

• French ship Africaine
• HMS Africaine

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

1. Roche, vol.1, p.23
2. Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.378.
3. Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.315-6.
4. Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.321.
5. Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.350.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 23-24. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042