HMS Pearl (1828)
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_-_HMS_'Pearl'_Capturing_the_Slaver_'Opposicao',_1838_-_BHC0627_-_Royal_Museums_Greenwich.jpg) HMS Pearl capturing the Spanish slaver Opposicao in 1838. 1840 painting by William Adolphus Knell | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pearl |
| Launched | 17 March 1828 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1851 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | sloop |
| Tons burthen | 558 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 20 guns |
HMS Pearl was a 20-gun British Royal Navy sloop.[1] Lord Clarence Paget, then a Commander, was given command of Pearl on 17 January 1837.[2] On 18 April 1838 she captured the Portuguese slave brig Diligente.[3] On 28 April, off the coast of Havana, she captured the Spanish slave schooner Opposicao. She also captured the slave ship Vengador.
