Hebe

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Overview

Prison Type   Convict Hulk

Date opened   1847

Date closed   1850

Ports   Woolwich

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

In October 1847, during an outbreak of cholera, prisoners were transferred from the Justitia (ID 2003) to the temporary hulks, the Hebe and the Wye (2021). In 1850, prisoners were transferred to the newly fitted Defense recently arrived at Woolwich and the Hebe was abolished.

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Prison Info

Prison Type   Convict Hulk

Date opened   1847

Date closed   1850

Ports   Woolwich

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   51.495394  Long.   0.070793

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

In October 1847, during an outbreak of cholera, prisoners were transferred from the Justitia (ID 2003) to the temporary hulks, the Hebe and the Wye (2021). In 1850, prisoners were transferred to the newly fitted Defense recently arrived at Woolwich and the Hebe was abolished.

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Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1848

Annual   -  

Daily   -   200

Principal Primary Sources

  • Report of the Manager of the Convict Hulk Establishment, for the year 1848 (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXIX.1), p.5; Report of the Manager of the Convict Hulk Establishment, for the year 1849 (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXIX.13), p.5; Report of the directors of convict prisons on the discipline and management of the hulk establishment. For the year 1850 (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVIII.213), p.12

Secondary Sources

  • Charles Campbell, The Intolerable Hulks: British Shipboard Confinement, 1776-1857 (Bowie, MD., 1993), pp. 235-256