HMS Africa

HMS Africa

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Africa", after the continent of Africa. Two others were planned:

*HMS|Africa|1694|6 was a 46-gun ship in service from 1694 to 1696.
*HMS|Africa|1761|6 was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1761 and sold in 1774.
*HMS|Africa|1781|6 was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1781 and broken up 1814.
*HMS|Africa|1803|6 was a hired cutter in service between 1803 and 1804.
*HMS "Africa" was a prison ship, launched in 1803 as the 36-gun fifth rate HMS|Euryalus|1803|6. She became a prison ship in 1826, was renamed HMS "Africa" in 1859 and was sold in 1860.
*HMS|Africa|1862|6 was a wooden-hulled screw sloop launched in 1862 and sold to China later that year. She was renamed "China" and was sold in 1865.
*HMS "Africa" was to have been a "Drake" class cruiser but she was renamed HMS "Good Hope" in 1899, before being launched in 1901.
*HMS|Africa|1905|6 was a "King Edward VII"-class battleship launched in 1905 and sold in 1920.
*HMS "Africa" was to have been an "Audacious" class aircraft carrier. She was ordered in 1943, but was later reordered as a "Malta" class carrier, before being cancelled in 1945.

ee also

*HMS|Africaine


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