French sloop La Capricieuse

	La Capricieuse
History
France
Name	La Capricieuse
Builder	Chantiers Dubigeon
Launched	19 April 1939
Fate	Scrapped, September 1964
General characteristics
Class and type	Elan-class aviso
Displacement	standard 630 tons; full load 740 tons;
Length	78.30 m (256 ft 11 in) o/a; 73.81 m (242 ft 2 in) p/p;
Beam	8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.28 m (10 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × Sulzer marine diesel engines, 4,600 hp (3,430 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	10,000 nautical miles at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph); 5,200 nautical miles at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph); 3,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph);
Armament	1 × single M1892 or M1932 100 mm/45 gun or 1 × twin M1926 90 mm/50 guns; 1 × quad 13.2 mm/76 AA gun; 2 × twin 13.2 mm/76 AA guns; 2 depth charge throwers; 1 depth charge rack;

La Capricieuse was a ship of the French Elan-class minesweeping sloops (Avisos dragueur de mines). She was built by Chantiers Dubigeon at Nantes and launched on 19 April 1939.^[2]

After the Fall of France she was at Portsmouth and on 3 July 1940 she was seized by the Royal Navy.^[2] She served in the Royal Navy as HMS La Capricieuse until June 1945 when she was restored to the French Navy.^[2] She continued in service after the war and was scrapped in September 1964.^[2]

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Le Masson 1969, p. 16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Le Masson 1969, p. 17.

Sources edit

Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. Vol. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. pp. 16–17. ISBN 9780356023847.

[FOOTNOTELe_Masson196916-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Le Masson 1969, p. 16.

[FOOTNOTELe_Masson196917-2] Le Masson 1969, p. 17.

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History
La Capricieuse
France
Name	La Capricieuse
Builder	Chantiers Dubigeon
Launched	19 April 1939
Fate	Scrapped, September 1964
General characteristics
Class and type	Elan-class aviso
Displacement	standard 630 tons full load 740 tons
Length	78.30 m (256 ft 11 in) o/a^[1] 73.81 m (242 ft 2 in) p/p^[1]
Beam	8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)^[1]
Draught	3.28 m (10 ft 9 in)^[1]
Propulsion	2 × Sulzer marine diesel engines, 4,600 hp (3,430 kW), 2 shafts^[1]
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)^[1]
Range	10,000 nautical miles at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) 5,200 nautical miles at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) 3,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)^[2]
Armament	1 × single M1892 or M1932 100 mm/45 gun or 1 × twin M1926 90 mm/50 guns 1 × quad 13.2 mm/76 AA gun 2 × twin 13.2 mm/76 AA guns 2 depth charge throwers 1 depth charge rack