Battle of Cape Fear River (1718)
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The Battle of Cape Fear River, also known as the Battle of the Sandbars, was fought in September 1718 between two sloops from the Province of South Carolina led by William Rhett and a group of pirate ships under the command of Stede Bonnet. Rhett's sloops defeated the pirates in the Cape Fear River estuary which led to Bonnet's eventual execution by hanging in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Battle of Cape Fear River | |||||||
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Part of the Golden Age of Piracy | |||||||
An 18th-century map of the Cape Fear River | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
South Carolina | Pirates | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William Rhett | Stede Bonnet | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 sloops |
3 sloops 3 canoes | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
30 killed and wounded |
12 killed and wounded 41 captured 3 sloops captured 3 canoes captured |
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