About: HMS Africa

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