French ship Capricieuse

Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Courageux:
 * Capricieuse (1761), a 3-gun gunboat, deleted from Navy lists in 1766.
 * Capricieuse (1779), a 32-gun ship, captured by HMS Prudente (1779) and HMS Licorne (1778) in 1780 off Cape Ortegal. Due to damaged sustained in the action, she was scuttled.
 * Capricieuse (1787), a 32-gun Capricieuse-class frigate. She was wrecked at the entrance of Blavet river in 1799.