French ship Capricieuse

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

Ships named Capricieuse

 * FRENCH GUNBOAT Capricieuse (1761), a 3-gun gunboat, deleted from Navy lists in 1766.
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Capricieuse, a 32-gun ship, captured by HMS Prudente (1779) and HMS Licorne (1778) in 1780 off Cape Ortegal. Due to damaged sustained in the action, she was scuttled.
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Capricieuse, a 32-gun Capricieuse-class frigate. She was wrecked at the entrance of Blavet river in 1799.
 * FRENCH SHIP Capricieuse, a 4-gun tartane, captured by HMS Termagant (1796) on 22 August 1800
 * FRENCH AVISO Capricieuse, an aviso
 * FRENCH CORVETTE Capricieuse, a 22-gun corvette.