Was a captured French ship renamed HMS Ville de Paris?

Was a captured French ship renamed HMS Ville de Paris?

No. The captured French Ville de Paris sank on the way to England, and the Royal Navy later built a different 110-gun ship with the same name.

A viewer asks whether the Royal Navy simply renamed a captured French ship HMS Paris. The initial answer doubts the connection, and a later source check supplies the distinction. The captured French Ville de Paris sank before reaching England, while the Royal Navy subsequently built its own HMS Ville de Paris. A follow-up identifies the British-built vessel as a 110-gun ship launched in 1795 and broken up in 1845. The corrections explain why the French name appears in British service history without the captured hull itself serving under that name.