HMS Swiftsure (1785): From British, to French and Back to British

From Wikipedia.

74-gun third rate ship of the line, 168 feet long, 46 foot beam.

Served in both the Royal Navy then french navy after her capture in 1801.

As a British ship fought in several famous engagements during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars including the battle of the Nile with the British and the Battle of Trafalgar with the French.  It was recaptured by the British at this battle.

Though badly damaged, it was repaired, taken back into service, laid up, recommissioned in 1808, renamed HMS Irresistible and became a prison ship at Chatham until 1816 when it was broken up.  It is likely that American prisoners were held on her.

--Brock-Perry