Action off James Island | |||||||
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Part of the War of 1812 | |||||||
![]() James Island from the south in 2008. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
1 sloop | 3 whaling brigs | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
none |
2 killed 6 wounded 75 captured 3 brigs captured | ||||||
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The action off James Island was a naval engagement of the War of 1812. In May 1813 an American frigate captured three British whalers off James Island in the South Pacific. Only one of the whalers resisted and the resultant single-ship action was one of the few fought in Pacific waters during the war.[1][2][3] The British later recovered all the whalers involved.