SS Afrique was a passenger ship of the French shipping company Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis, which entered service in 1907 and sank on 12 January 1920.

In the early morning of 10 January 1920 Afrique sailed from the Gironde estuary with 609 passengers and crew, on her usual route bound for Dakar via other ports of the French West Coast.

The exact number of passengers on board, remained uncertain for a long time due to the presence of African soldiers and workers in third class.

At about 11:58 pm on 12 January 1920, Afrique was passing between Pierre Levée and the Plateau de Rochebonne [fr], 23 miles (42 km) from Olonne-sur-Mer, when she lost engine power in a gale.

The weather made it hard to repair the engines and Afrique drifted onto a reef and went aground.