Five ships of the French Navy have carried the name Africaine:
List
- Africaine, a felucca (1664)
- , a (1798âÂÂ1816)
- Africaine, the renamed , was a 44-gun frigate wrecked in 1822
- (1827âÂÂ1833), was a balancelle or bateau purchased at Toulon in 1827, decommissioned in 1833, and struck in 1835.
- (1839âÂÂ72), 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
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