French ship Capricieuse explained

Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Capricieuse ("Capricious"):

Ships named Capricieuse

• (1761), a 3-gun gunboat, deleted from Navy lists in 1766.^[1]
• , a 32-gun ship, captured by and in 1780 off Cape Ortegal. Due to damaged sustained in the action, she was scuttled.
• , a 32-gun . She was wrecked at the entrance of Blavet river in 1799.
• , a 4-gun tartane, captured by on 22 August 1800
• , an aviso
• , a 22-gun corvette.

References

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 98.

Notes and References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.97