French ship Africain explained

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

List

• (1701), a 44-gun ship of the line, hulked in Rochefort in 1723.^[1]
• (1769), a 26-gun flûte, broken up in 1780.
• (1795), a 1-gun flûte, of uncertain origin in service May to September 1795 at Pasjes^[2]
• (1819), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, decommissioned in Saint Louis, Senegal, in 1827.^[3]
• (1832), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, decommissioned in Saint Louis, Senegal, in 1838.^[4]
• (1858), a paddle-wheel steam aviso, broken up in 1878.^[5]
• (1858), named Africain 1879–1881, last mentioned 1882.^[5]

References

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 23–24.
• Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 – 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing).

Notes and References

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.