French sloop La Capricieuse
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]
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Name: | La Capricieuse |
Builder: | Chantiers Dubigeon |
Launched: | 19 April 1939 |
Fate: | Scrapped, September 1964 |
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Class and type: | Elan-class aviso |
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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] |
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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
- Le Masson 1969, p. 16.
- Le Masson 1969, p. 17.
Sources
- Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. pp. 16–17. ISBN 9780356023847.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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