HMS Honesty
Modified Flower-class corvette / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Caprice.
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.
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United States | |
Name | Caprice |
Builder | Kingston Shipbuilding Co., Kingston |
Laid down | as CN-308 |
Launched | 28 September 1942 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Navy, 28 May 1943 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Honesty |
Identification | Pennant number: K 285 |
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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 |
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On 5 January 1946, Honesty was returned to the United States Navy and reverted to the name Caprice. Never commissioned in the United States Navy, Caprice was sold on 10 December 1946.