On board a prison hulk, 1848

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On board a prison hulk, 1848

On board a prison hulk, 1848. A warder watching prisoners entering their ward on board convict hulk Warrior at Woolwich. This hulk held 600 and was an intermediate confinement between an ordinary gaol or transportation. Prisoners were used as labourers in the navy dockyards. The hulks (tenders) were usually naval vessels that were no longer seaworthy. From The Illustrated London News, 1848. (Colorised black and white print)

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Behind Bars Colorised Colourised Convict Greenwich Guarding Imprisonment Law And Order Penitentiary Prison Prison Hulk Prison Warden Prisoner Punishment Warder Woolwich

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