Capture of HMS Savage
| Capture of HMS Savage | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
 Illustration of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| George Geddes |
Charles Stirling  | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 sloop | 1 sloop-of war | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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11 killed ~30 wounded |
8 killed 26 wounded 1 sloop-of-war captured | ||||||
The capture of HMS Savage took place on September 6, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. Off Charleston, South Carolina, the 16-gun American privateer Congress captured HMS Savage, a 16-gun sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy. The engagement is considered one of the hardest-fought single ship actions of the war.