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

List

  • Africain (1701), a 44-gun ship of the line, hulked in Rochefort in 1723.
  • Africain (1769), a 26-gun flûte, broken up in 1780.
  • Africain (1795), a 1-gun flûte, of uncertain origin in service May to September 1795 at Pasjes
  • Africain (1819), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, decommissioned in Saint Louis, Senegal, in 1827.
  • Africain (1832), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, decommissioned in Saint Louis, Senegal, in 1838.
  • Africain (1858), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, broken up in 1878.
  • Arabe (1858), named Africain 1879–1881, last mentioned 1882.

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Roche, vol.1, p. 23
  2. Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 378.
  3. Winfield and Roberts (2015), pp. 315–316.
  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. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 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
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