| Battle off Halifax (1780) | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William Williams[1][2][3] |
Thomas Ross[4] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 Privateer (16 guns) British report: 130 men American report: 90 men |
1 Brig unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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British report: 33 killed and wounded American report: 1 killed, 2 wounded[5] |
8 killed; 10 wounded 1 Brig captured | ||||||
The Battle off Halifax took place on 10 July 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. The British privateer Resolution fought the American privateer Viper and heavy casualties were suffered by both sides.[6] The battle was "one of the bloodiest battles in the history of privateering.... a loss of 51 lives in a single battle was virtually unheard of."[7]
- ^ William Williams[usurped] at awiatsea.com; Retrieved 16 February 2021
- ^ Gardner Weld, Massachusetts privateers of the Revolution (1927) at babel.hathihursttrust.org, p. 317
- ^ Gardner Weld, Massachusetts privateers of the Revolution (1927) at babel.hathihursttrust.org, p. 156
- ^ Capture of ship in 1777
- ^ Viper (William Williams)[usurped] at awiatsea.com; Retrieved 16 February 2021
- ^ Murdoch, Beamish (1866). A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie. Vol. II. Halifax: J. Barnes. p. 608.
- ^ Plunder & Pillage: Atlantic Canada's Brutal and Bloodthirsty Pirates and ... By Harold Horwood, p. 134