Five ships of the
French Navy
The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces i ...
have carried the name ''Africaine'':
List
* ''Africaine'', a
felucca
A felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat with a single sail used in the Mediterranean, including around Malta and Tunisia. However, in Egypt, Iraq and Sudan (particularly along the Nile and in the Sudanese protected areas of the Red Sea), ...
(1664)
* , a (1798–1816)
* ''Africaine'', the renamed , was a 44-gun frigate wrecked in 1822
* (1827–1833), was a ''balancelle'' or ''bateau'' purchased at Toulon in 1827, decommissioned in 1833, and struck in 1835.
* (1839–72), a 40-gun frigate that also served as a transport, convict transport, and service craft. She was struck from the rolls in 1867 while serving as a storage hulk at Martinique. She was broken up in 1872.
* , an , 1940s to 1963
Other
*
''Africaine'', a French 20-gun ship whose seizure by a British privateer in 1804 off Charleston gave rise to an important court case that helped define the extent of U.S. territorial waters.
See also
* - different spelling
* , two ships of the Royal Navy
Citations
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French Navy ship names