Euryalus

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Prison Type   Convict Hulk

Date opened   1825

Date closed   1843

Ports   Chatham

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

In late 1825, the boys on board the Bellerophon (ID 2005) were transferred to the new juvenile male hulk, Euryalus. The hulk was abolished in 1843.

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Prison Type   Convict Hulk

Date opened   1825

Date closed   1843

Ports   Chatham

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   51.392451  Long.   0.523815

County   Kent

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Critical Remarks

In late 1825, the boys on board the Bellerophon (ID 2005) were transferred to the new juvenile male hulk, Euryalus. The hulk was abolished in 1843.

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Prisoner Statistics

Year 1828

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   330

Year 1833

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   362

Year 1838

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   224

Year 1843

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   107

Principal Primary Sources

  • Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.137), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.137), p.8; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.45), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.45), p.8; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1829, XVIII.315), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1829, XVIII.315), p.10; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIII.1), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIII.1), p.10; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.439), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.439), p.10; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1831-32, XXXIII.93), p.4; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1831-32, XXXIII.93), p.11; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.639), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.639), p.9; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVII.15), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVII.15), p.8; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLV.1), p.2; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLV.1), p.6; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLI.1), p.2; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLI.1), p.6; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.379), p.2; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.379), p.7; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XLII.1), p.2; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XLII.1), p.7; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.727), p.2; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.727), p.10; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.543), p.2; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.543), p.7; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.629), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.629), p.8; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.523), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.523), p.12; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLII.337), p.3; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLII.337), p.7; Report of John Henry Capper, Esq. Superintendent of ships and vessles employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.397), p.[4]

Secondary Sources

  • Charles Campbell, The Intolerable Hulks: British Shipboard Confinement, 1776-1857 (Bowie, MD., 1993), pp. 235-249

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Prisoners

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 8/7-78

Collection: Home Office

Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks - Euryalus, Chatham 

Dates: 1826-1843

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 9/10

Collection: Home Office

Description: Letter book for the Euryalus Convict Hulk

Dates: 1837-1843

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 9/2

Collection: Home Office

Description: Convict Hulks moored at Chatham - Fortitude, Euryalus. Also, register of prisoners.

Dates: 1825-1836

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