| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Caprice |
| Builder: | Kingston Shipbuilding Co., Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Laid down: | as CN-308 |
| Launched: | 28 September 1942 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Royal Navy, 28 May 1943 |
| Career (United Kingdom) | |
| Name: | HMS Honesty (K 285) |
| Fate: | Returned to U.S. custody, 5 January 1946; Sold 10 December 1946; Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany in 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Action-class |
| Type: | Patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4-cylinder triple expansion, one shaft |
| Speed: | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 90 |
| Armament: | two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts two 20mm gun mounts one Hedgehog four depth charge guns two depth charge chutes |
The second USS Caprice (PG-90), formerly CN-308, was launched 28 September 1942, by Kingston Shipbuilding Co., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, for the United States Navy. Upon completion, Caprice was transferred to the Royal Navy on 28 May 1943 and commissioned as HMS Honesty (K285).
On 5 January 1946 Honesty was returned to the United States Navy and reverted to the name USS Caprice. Never commissioned in the United States Navy, Caprice was sold on 10 December 1946.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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