French ship Africain
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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 1879–1881, last mentioned 1882.[5]
