The three captured French ships went on to serve in the British navy as HMS "Centaur", "Modeste" and "Temeraire". Serving on board "Océan" as a junior officer was Pierre André de Suffren, who was later to gain fame as an admiral leading a French fleet in the Indian Ocean. A young slave named Olaudah Equiano, who would later become a prominent abolitionist in England, participated in the engagement on the British side. He included an account of the battle in his autobiography, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano".