▁Captain ▁Andrew ▁Bul ger ▁part ook ▁in ▁the ▁operation . ▁They ▁sli pped ▁alongside ▁Tig ress , ▁which ▁was ▁anch ored ▁close ▁in sh ore , ▁and ▁board ed ▁the ▁sch oon er . ▁A ▁brief ▁and ▁blo ody ▁battle ▁followed ▁and ▁although ▁" w arm ly ▁received " ▁by ▁the ▁vessel ' s ▁crew , ▁the ▁British ▁captured ▁the ▁ship ▁in ▁five ▁minutes . ▁" The ▁defense ▁of ▁this ▁vessel ," ▁wrote ▁Lieutenant ▁Miller ▁W ors ley , ▁in ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁attack ers , ▁" did ▁credit ▁to ▁her ▁officers , ▁who ▁were ▁all ▁sever ely ▁wounded ." ▁( This ▁included ▁the ▁vessel ' s ▁commander , ▁S ail ing ▁Master ▁Stephen ▁Cham pl in .) ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁surv iving ▁officers ▁and ▁men ▁were ▁sent ▁ash ore ▁as ▁prisoners ▁of ▁war , ▁W ors ley ▁retained ▁the ▁greater ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁board ing ▁party ▁on ▁board ▁and ▁kept ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁American ▁flag ▁flying . ▁Sc orp ion ▁soon ▁arrived ▁on ▁ 6 ▁September ▁and ▁anch ored ▁some ▁two ▁miles ▁distant . ▁W ors ley , ▁in ▁a ▁d aring ▁stroke , ▁ran ▁the ▁captured ▁Tig ress ▁alongside ▁Sc orp ion ▁and ▁captured ▁her , ▁too . ▁Both ▁American ▁vessels ▁and ▁their ▁captured ▁cre ws ▁were ▁later ▁taken ▁to ▁Mack in ac . ▁ ▁F ate ▁The ▁British ▁renamed ▁their ▁pri zes ▁soon ▁there after . ▁Tig ress ▁became ▁HMS ▁Sur prise , ▁an ▁appropriate ▁name ▁in ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁her ▁capture , ▁ ▁and ▁Sc orp