title: French ship Africain
text: # French ship Africain
  
  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.
  