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.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 PasjesAfricain (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 1879-81, last mentioned 1882.