Hulks Collection

Prison Hulks
Captured French sailors were housed here during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars

PRISON HULK BAHAMA
Prison hulk " Bahama" moored off Gillingham (on The Thames). Norwegian prisoners were kept there

RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature

Convict Ship at Woolwich 1846
Convict Ship, docked at Woolwich in London and capable of holding 600 men. Date: 1846

Onboard the prison ship The Warrior
Interior of the convict ship The Warrior in Woolwich, London. Date: 1846

Purton Hulks, near Sharpness, Gloucestershire
The remains of one of the Purton Hulks. The old boats were deliberately sunk in 1950s to protect the banks of the Sharpness and Gloucester Canal at Purton, near Sharpness Docks

Dartmouth, Devon - The Britannia moored on River Dart
Dartmouth, Devon - from 1863 the cadet training hulks (the 2nd) HMS Britannia and HMS Hindostan were moored on the River Dart. Date: circa 1905

The Smallpox Hulks, Atlas and Endymion, at Deptford Cree
Engraving of the two old hulks, Atlas and Endymion, at Deptford Creek, London, from The Illustrated London News, 23rd July 1881

Woolwich hulks - Warrior and Sulphur
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the Warrior with washing-ship Sulphur. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts burial ground
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the convicts burial ground. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts chapel onboard Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the convicts chapel onboard Defence.. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts scraping shot
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - convicts scraping shot. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - deck plan of Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - plans of decks of Defence. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - interior view of Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - interior sectional view of the Defence. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts ward set for dinner
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - a convicts ward set for dinner. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - guards give escape signal
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - guards give the escape signal. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts form mortar battery
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - convicts forming a mortar battery. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - hospital ship Unit
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - top deck of hospital ship Unit. Date: 1862

Onboard the prison ship The Warrior
Prisoners wash at low basins while observed by officers, onboard the convict hulk ship, The Warrior. The practice of confining offenders on board such ships was first adopted in England in 1776; it

Sailing Dinghy and some Hulks, Britain, c. 1877
Illustration showing three people in a small sailing dinghy crossing the bows of an old hulk, Britain, c.1877. The hulk has had its masts removed and would have been permanently moored

Prison Hulk / Portsmouth
Prison Hulk, Portsmouth

Prison Hulk, Woolwich
Convicts from the hulks anchored in the Thames off Woolwich, at work on the river-bank handling timber with the aid of a huge lifting device

Pyne - Prison Ships
PRISON SHIPS Hulks moored in the Thames off the Tower of London, fitted up to receive impressed seamen for the the Royal Navy

MAYHEW / HULK / DEFENCE
Prison hulks on the Thames

Napoleonic Prisoners
French naval prisoners of war kept on English hulks

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