Prison Type Convict Hulk
Date opened 1833
Date closed 1844
Ports Chatham
Map location in the vicinity
County Kent
Attached Ship Wye (1834-42)
Before 1833, Fortitude was known as the Cumberland (ID 2014)
Prison Type Convict Hulk
Date opened 1833
Date closed 1844
Ports Chatham
Map location in the vicinity
Lat. 51.392451 Long. 0.523815
County Kent
Attached Ship Wye (1834-42)
Before 1833, Fortitude was known as the Cumberland (ID 2014)
Year 1833
Annual -
Daily Daily average - 473
Year 1838
Annual -
Daily Daily average - 469
Year 1843
Annual -
Daily Daily average - 481
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 8/38-79
Collection: Home Office
Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks - Fortitude, ChathamĀ
Dates: 1833-1844
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 9/11
Collection: Home Office
Description: Letter book for the Fortitude 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