''La Capricieuse'' was a ship of the French minesweeping sloops (''Avisos dragueur de mines''). She was built by

Chantiers Dubigeon ''Chantiers Dubigeon'' was a shipyard established in 1760 by Julien Dubigeon in Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a p ...

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and launched on 19 April 1939. After the

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she was at

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and on 3 July 1940 she was seized by the

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. She served in the Royal Navy as HMS ''La Capricieuse'' until June 1945 when she was restored to the

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. She continued in service after the war and was scrapped in September 1964.

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