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HMS Honesty (K285)

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Name
  
USS Caprice

Name
  
HMS Honesty

Launched
  
28 September 1942

Builder
  
Kingston

Laid down
  
as CN-308

Identification
  
Pennant number K 285

Length
  
62 m

Fate
  
Transferred to the Royal Navy, 28 May 1943

Fate
  
Returned to U.S. custody, 5 January 1946; Sold 10 December 1946; Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany in 1961

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.

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.

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