Capture of HMS Savage

Capture of HMS Savage
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Painting of American privateer Congress capturing HMS Savage
Date September 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
1 sloop-of-war	1 sloop-of war
Casualties and losses
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]