Hired armed lugger Black Joke
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The hired armed
lugger Black Joke was a lugger
of ten 12-pounder carronade
s and 108 92/94 tons burthen
that entered into the service of the Royal Navy
on 22 May 1808.
Lieutenant Moses Cannadey (or Cannady) became her captain after having been captain of Pickle
, which he had wrecked on 27 July 1808. On 15 May 1809 Black Joke, under Cannadey, captured the San Buona Ventura.
On 10 June 1809 she assisted Amelia in the capture of the French corvette Mouche, of 16 brass 8-pounder guns and a crew of 180 men, after having exchanged broadsides with the corvette some time earlier. Between 30 July and 16 August Black Joke participated in the unsuccessful expedition to Walcheren and the adjacent Scheldt islands.
On 22 April 1810 she recaptured the Francis. On 1 June the French captured Black Joke in the Channel. Salvage money for the Francis was due for payment on 20 October 1810.
She may have been the same vessel as the Hired armed cutter Black Joke
. In his narrative of his voyages in the Mediterranean between 1810 and 1814, Charles Robert Cockerell reports traveling with Lieutenant Cannadey in April 1810 to Constantinople and the retaking of the Francis en route. He further reports that Black Joke was an old vessel, having been at the Battle of Camperdown
, which is consistent with one of the first mentions of the cutter Black Joke.
Cockerell has her being captured off Algiers by two French privateers, one of 10 and one of 8 guns. Lord Byron
describes Black Joke as having 6 guns and a crew of 27 men. He further writes that Captain Sir Robert Barrie
of Pomone reported that two privateers had captured Black Joke off Sardinia, but not until after she had lost seven men of her crew killed resisting them and Cannadey had succeeded in throwing his dispatches overboard.
In 1811, Cannadey is listed as the captain of the lugger , in the Downs. Lieutenant Moses Cannadey died at Plymstock on 14 January 1829.
Hired armed vessels
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lugger Black Joke was a lugger
Lugger
A lugger is a class of boats, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, Scotland and England. It is a small sailing vessel with lugsails set on two or more masts and perhaps lug topsails.-Defining the rig:...
of ten 12-pounder carronade
Carronade
The carronade was a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK. It was used from the 1770s to the 1850s. Its main function was to serve as a powerful, short-range anti-ship and anti-crew weapon...
s and 108 92/94 tons burthen
Builder's Old Measurement
Builder's Old Measurement is the method of calculating the size or cargo capacity of a ship used in England from approximately 1720 to 1849. It estimated the tonnage of a ship based on length and maximum beam...
that entered into the service of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
on 22 May 1808.
Lieutenant Moses Cannadey (or Cannady) became her captain after having been captain of Pickle
HMS Pickle (1800)
HMS Pickle was a topsail schooner of the Royal Navy. She was originally a civilian vessel named Sting. of six guns, that Lord Hugh Seymour purchased to use as an armed tender on the Jamaica Station...
, which he had wrecked on 27 July 1808. On 15 May 1809 Black Joke, under Cannadey, captured the San Buona Ventura.
On 10 June 1809 she assisted Amelia in the capture of the French corvette Mouche, of 16 brass 8-pounder guns and a crew of 180 men, after having exchanged broadsides with the corvette some time earlier. Between 30 July and 16 August Black Joke participated in the unsuccessful expedition to Walcheren and the adjacent Scheldt islands.
On 22 April 1810 she recaptured the Francis. On 1 June the French captured Black Joke in the Channel. Salvage money for the Francis was due for payment on 20 October 1810.
She may have been the same vessel as the Hired armed cutter Black Joke
Hired armed cutter Black Joke
The hired armed cutter Black Joke was a cutter of ten 6-pounder guns and 9886/94 tons burthen that served the Royal Navy from 12 January 1795 to 19 October 1801...
. In his narrative of his voyages in the Mediterranean between 1810 and 1814, Charles Robert Cockerell reports traveling with Lieutenant Cannadey in April 1810 to Constantinople and the retaking of the Francis en route. He further reports that Black Joke was an old vessel, having been at the Battle of Camperdown
Battle of Camperdown
The Battle of Camperdown was a major naval action fought on 11 October 1797 between a Royal Navy fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Dutch Navy fleet under Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter...
, which is consistent with one of the first mentions of the cutter Black Joke.
Cockerell has her being captured off Algiers by two French privateers, one of 10 and one of 8 guns. Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...
describes Black Joke as having 6 guns and a crew of 27 men. He further writes that Captain Sir Robert Barrie
Robert Barrie
Sir Robert Barrie KCB, KCH was a British officer of the Royal Navy noted for his service in the War of 1812....
of Pomone reported that two privateers had captured Black Joke off Sardinia, but not until after she had lost seven men of her crew killed resisting them and Cannadey had succeeded in throwing his dispatches overboard.
In 1811, Cannadey is listed as the captain of the lugger , in the Downs. Lieutenant Moses Cannadey died at Plymstock on 14 January 1829.