French ship Africaine
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Five ships of the French Navy
have carried the name Africaine:
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have carried the name Africaine:
- Africaine, a feluccaFeluccaA felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean including Malta, and particularly along the Nile in Egypt, Sudan, and also in Iraq. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails....
(1664) - Africaine, a Preneuse class frigatePreneuse class frigateThe Preneuse class was a type of two 42-gun frigates.* PreneuseThe Preneuse class was a type of two 42-gun frigates.* PreneuseThe Preneuse class was a type of two 42-gun frigates.* Preneuse:Builder::Ordered:...
(1798–1816) - Africaine (1839–1872), a 40-gun frigate
- Africaine (Q196), an Aurore class submarineAurore class submarineThe Aurore class was a class of coastal submarines designed for the French Navy. Some of the ships were captured by Nazi Germany after the Fall of France, most of them in an unfinished state....
, constructed started before the war but was not completed until after, scrapped in 1963
See also
- HMS AfricaineHMS AfricaineTwo ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Africaine: was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate, previously the French L'Africaine. She was captured in 1801 by HMS Phoebe, and was broken up in 1816. was a 46-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1827. She was sold as a hulk to Trinity House in 1867 and was...