Five ships of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
have carried the name ''Africaine'':
List
* ''Africaine'', a
felucca
A felucca ( ar, فلوكة, falawaka, possibly originally from Greek , ) is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in the eastern Mediterranean—including around Malta and Tunisia—in Egypt and Sudan (particularly along the Nile and in protect ...
(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
References
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French Navy ship names