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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Africa, after the continent of Africa. Two others were planned: - {{HMS|Africa|1694}} was a 46-gun ship in service from 1694 to 1696.
- {{HMS|Africa|1761}} was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1761 and sold in 1774.
- {{HMS|Africa|1781}} was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1781. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar and was broken up in 1814.
- HMS Africa was a prison ship, launched in 1803 as the 36-gun fifth rate {{HMS|Euryalus|1803}}. She became a prison ship in 1826, was renamed HMS Africa in 1859 and was sold in 1860.
- {{HMS|Africa|1862}} 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|1901}} in 1899, before being launched in 1901.
- {{HMS|Africa|1905}} 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.
- There was also an Irish hired armed cutter Africa, of 7080/94 tons burthen (bm), in Royal Navy service from 12 December 1803 to 12 January 1810.[1]
See alsoReferences1. ^Winfield (2008), p.393.
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- {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=1-86176-246-1}}
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