French ship Capricieuse
Appearance
Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Capricieuse ("Capricious"):
Ships named Capricieuse
[edit]- Capricieuse (1761), a 3-gun gunboat, deleted from Navy lists in 1766.[1]
- Capricieuse (1779), a 32-gun ship, captured by HMS Prudente and Licorne in 1780 off Cape Ortegal. Due to damaged sustained in the action, she was scuttled.[1]
- Capricieuse (1786), a 32-gun Capricieuse-class frigate. She was wrecked at the entrance of Blavet river in 1799.[1]
- Capricieuse (1793), a 4-gun tartane, captured by HMS Termagant on 22 August 1800 [1]
- Capricieuse (1828), an aviso [1]
- Capricieuse (1849), a 22-gun corvette.[1]
Ships of the French Navy named Capricieuse
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 98. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.