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The third HMS ''Black Joke'' was probably built in Baltimore in 1824, becoming the Brazilian slave ship ''Henriquetta''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Slave ships and Squadron Vessels )〕 The Royal Navy captured her in September 1827 and purchased her into the service. The West Africa Squadron (or ''Preventative Squadron'') employed her 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. ==''Henriquetta'' – slaver== Built as a Baltimore clipper (possibly as the vessel ''Griffen''), ''Henriquetta'' (also ''Henri Quatre'') was a brig designed to be fast. Brazilian owners purchased her in 1825,〔 and she worked for a slave dealer at Bahia, making 80,000 pounds (approximately £}} in , when adjusted for inflation) by running 3,040 slaves across to Brazil in six voyages over a period of three years.〔Villiers, Allan (October 1955) "The Drive for Speed at Sea", ''American Heritage'' vol. 6 no. 6.〕〔Tinnie (2008).〕 HMS ''Sybille'' captured her on 6 September 1827.〔Log of HMS ''Sybille'' held by The National Archives, archival reference ADM 51/3466〕 Commodore Francis Collier of ''Sybille'' wrote to the Admiralty noting that at the time of her capture ''Henriquetta'' was 257 tons, mounted three guns and had a crew of 38 men. She had 569 enslaved Africans on board "and had landed at Bahia 3,360 slaves in the last two years".〔Correspondence from Collier to the Admiralty, 12 December 1827, held at The National Archives, archival reference ADM 1/1682.〕 She was sold at auction in Sierra Leone on 5 January 1828, for £330 (approximately £}} in ).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Black Joke (1827)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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