HMS Black Joke (1827)
The third HMS Black Joke was probably built in Baltimore in 1824, becoming the Brazilian slave ship Henriquetta. The Royal Navy captured her in September 1827 and purchased her into the service. The Navy re-named her Black Joke, after an English song of the same name, and assigned her to the West Africa Squadron (or Preventive Squadron). Her role was to chase down slave ships, and over her five-year career she freed many hundreds of slaves. The Navy deliberately burnt her in May 1832 because her timbers had rotted to the point that she was no longer fit for active service.
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HMS Black Joke (1827)
The third HMS Black Joke was probably built in Baltimore in 1824, becoming the Brazilian slave ship Henriquetta. The Royal Navy captured her in September 1827 and purchased her into the service. The Navy re-named her Black Joke, after an English song of the same name, and assigned her to the West Africa Squadron (or Preventive Squadron). Her role was to chase down slave ships, and over her five-year career she freed many hundreds of slaves. The Navy deliberately burnt her in May 1832 because her timbers had rotted to the point that she was no longer fit for active service.
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Burnt on orders from London
Captured by the Royal Navy in 1827
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*1827–1828 Lt. W. Turner
* 1828–1829 Lt. Henry Downes
* 1829–1832 Lt. William Ramsay
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Captured 1827
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One pivot-mounted 18-pounder gun
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Brazil
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May 1832
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Burnt on orders from London
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HMS Black Joke
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Henriquetta
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Approx. 260 ton
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