Name of Vessel:

Belle Savage

Master of Vessel:

Elijah Steele

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

4 June 1777

Place of Capture:

46°43'N, 246 miles WSW of Île de Ouessant, France

Captor:

HMS Monarch

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Nantes, France

Cargo:

Rice, indigo, deerskins, tobacco

Tonnage:

160

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Portsmouth, England

Into What Port:

Portsmouth, England

Date Arrived:

16 June 1777

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 160-ton Belle Savage (Elijah Steele) sailed from Charleston, South Carolina on 22 April 1777 in company with a ship, two brigs, and an armed sloop (South Carolina Privateer Sloop Active), bound for Nantes, France. Belle Savage had a cargo of rice, indigo, deerskins, tobacco aboard, valued at £2000 at Charleston. She was captured by HMS Monarch (Captain Joshua Rowley) on 4 June 1777, at 46°43'N, 246 miles WSW of Île de Ouessant, France, and escorted into Portsmouth on 16 June 1777. Her cargo was valued at £2000 at Charleston. Belle Savage was tried and condemned in the High Court of Admiralty in 1777.

[NDAR, VIII, 800-802; IX, 403-4004, 405-406; HCA 32/279/8/1-18]