| Capture of HMS Savage | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
 Painting of American privateer Congress capturing HMS Savage | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} George Geddes |
 Charles Stirling | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 sloop-of-war | 1 sloop-of war | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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11 killed ~30 wounded 1 sloop-of-war damaged |
8 killed 26 wounded 1 sloop-of-war 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.[1]
- ^ Lewis, J.D. (2009). "The American Revolution in South Carolina: Coast off Charleston, September 6, 1781". Carolana. Archived from the original on 2019-08-09.