Prison Type Convict Hulk
Date opened 1849
Date closed 1857
Ports Portsmouth
Woolwich
Map location in the vicinity
County Hampshire
Attached Ship Unite (1853-56)
On plans for abolition being made in 1855, prisoners began to be sent to Chatham Convict Prison (ID 1007). However, a fire which destroyed the hulk in 1856 meant that the remaining convicts had to be dispatched to a temporary prison requisitioned from the navy at Lewes (see ID 1009). The destruction of the Defence brought the convict hulk establishment in England to a close.
Prison Type Convict Hulk
Date opened 1849
Date closed 1857
Ports Portsmouth
Woolwich
Map location in the vicinity
Lat. 51.495394 Long. 0.070793
County Hampshire
Attached Ship Unite (1853-56)
On plans for abolition being made in 1855, prisoners began to be sent to Chatham Convict Prison (ID 1007). However, a fire which destroyed the hulk in 1856 meant that the remaining convicts had to be dispatched to a temporary prison requisitioned from the navy at Lewes (see ID 1009). The destruction of the Defence brought the convict hulk establishment in England to a close.
Year 1853
Annual -
Daily Daily average - 521
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 8/100-108
Collection: Home Office
Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks and Convict Prisons - Defence, Gosport
Dates: 1849-1851
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 8/112-132
Collection: Home Office
Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks and Convict Prisons - Defence, Gosport
Dates: 1852-1857
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/131
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of prisoners on the Hulk Defence
Dates: 1857-1860
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/132
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of prisoners on the Hulks Defence and Stirling Castle
Dates: 1843-1852
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/133
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of prisoners on the Hulks Defence and Stirling Castle
Dates: 1848-1857