Battle of Cape Fear River (1718)

Battle of Cape Fear River
	Part of the Golden Age of Piracy
	; An 18th-century map of the Cape Fear River
Date	September 26–27, 1718
Location	Cape Fear River, North Carolina33°53′8″N 78°0′46″W
Result	British victory
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

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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