Capture of HMS Savage

Capture of HMS Savage
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Painting of American privateer Congress capturing HMS Savage
DateSeptember 6, 1781
Location
off Charleston, South Carolina, Atlantic Ocean
Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
 United States  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
George Geddes Charles Stirling
Strength
Sloop-of-war Congress Sloop-of war Savage
Casualties and losses
11 killed
~30 wounded
Congress damaged		 8 killed
26 wounded
Savage captured

The Capture of HMS Savage was a naval battle of the American Revolutionary War involving the American privateer Congress and the British sloop-of-war HMS Savage. It occurred in September 1781 off South Carolina and is considered one of the hardest-fought single ship actions of the war.

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