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La Capricieuse in RN 1942

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Élan	A19, 1950- F748		Arsenal de Lorient	8.1936	27.7.1938	1939	interned in Turkey 6.1941-12/1944, sold 3.1958
Commandant Bory	A11, 1950- F740	160	A C de France, Dunkerque	11.1936	26.1.1939	9.1939	FNFL 11.1942, sold 2.1953
Commandant Delage	A12, 1950- F741	161	A C de France, Dunkerque	11.1936	25.2.1939	12.1939	FNFL 11.1942, sold 10.1960
Commandant Duboc	U41, 1945- A17, 1950- F743		A C Dubigeon, Nantes	12.1936	16.1.1939	8.1939	captured by British 3.7.1940, FNFL 7.1940, sold 7.1963
Commandant Rivière			A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	11.1936	16.2.1939	9.1939	captured by Germany 8.12.1942 (Italian FR52)
La Capricieuse	A16, 1950- F745		A C Dubigeon, Nantes	1.1938	19.4.1939	2.1940	captured by British 3.7.1940, returned 1945, BU 9.1964
La Moquese	U17, 1945- A13, 1950- F747		Arsenal de Lorient	9.1938	25.1.1940	4.1940	captured by British 3.7.1940, FNFL 7.1940, BU 10.1965
Commandant Dominié (ex-La Rieuse)	U70, 1945- A15, 1950- F742		A C Dubigeon, Nantes	2.1938	2.5.1939	4.1940	captured by British 3.7.1940, FNFL 7.1940, BU 10.1960
L`Impétueuse			A C de France, Dunkerque	4.1938	17.8.1939	5.1940	scuttled 27.11.1942 (later Italian FR54)
La Curieuse			Arsenal de Lorient	8.1938	11.11.1939	1940	scuttled 27.11.1942 (later Italian FR55)
La Batalleuse			A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	12.1937	22.8.1939	3.1940	captured by Germany 8.12.1942 (Italian FR51)
La Boudeuse	A18, 1950- F744		A C de France, Dunkerque	3.1938	9.1939	1940	FNFL 11.1942, sold 4.1958
La Gracieuse	A14, 1950- F746		A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	2.1938	30.11.1939	1940	FNFL 11.1942, sold 9.1958

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	630
Displacement full, t	895
Length, m	73.8 pp 78.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.70
Draught, m	3.28
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Sulzer diesels
Power, h. p.	4000
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 100
Endurance, nm(kts)	9000(14)
Armament	designed: 1 x 2 - 100/45 M1933, 1 x 4 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, mechanical minesweeping gear really: 1 x 1 - 100/45 M1893 or M1932 or 1 x 2 - 90/50 M1926, 1 x 4 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (40)
Complement	106

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Project history

Built under 1934 (1 ship), 1936 (4) and 1937 (8) programmes. La Trompeuse was cancelled. Under the design they should have minesweeping equipment. Really no one ship received it, they all were equipped instead by 2 DCT and 1 DCR. May be, some ships under British and FNFL control were rearmed with British 102mm guns and single pompoms.

Modernizations

1941 - 1942, Commandant Dominié was rearmed as follows: 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 4 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 12.7/62, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (40), sonar

1941 - 1942, Commandant Duboc was rearmed as follows: 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 25/60 M1938, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (40), sonar

1941 - 1942, La Moquese was rearmed as follows: 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/III/V, 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 3 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (40), sonar

1947, Commandant Dominié was rearmed as follows: 1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (40), radars, sonar

late 1940s - early 1950s, all survived: + radars, sonar

Naval service

Commandant Duboc, Commandant Dominié, La Moqueuse and La Capricieuse 3.7.1940 were captured by British. First three have been transferred to FNFL. Élan participated in the Syrian campaign of 1941 and then was interned in Turkey till 23.12.1944. Commandant Rivière and La Batailleuse were captured by Germans at Bizerte 8.12.1942 but never commissioned by them. Commandant Rivière was sunk by Allied aircraft. La Batailleuse was transferred to Italians and named FR57; 9.9.1943 she was scuttled at La Spezia, again salvaged by Germans and ultimately scuttled by them at Genoa. L`lmpétueuse and La Curieuse were scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942, both salvaged by Italians, named FR54 and FR55 respectively and 4.9.1943 were captured by Germans. Former was scuttled by them at Marseilles, latter served as fast escort SG25 and in 1944 was scuttled by Germans at Toulon. Commandant Bory, Commandant Delage, La Boudeuse and La Gracieuse after Allied landing in the North Africa have come over to the side of Allies.