Prison Type Convict Hulk
Date opened 1840
Date closed 1855
Ports Devonport
Portsmouth
Map location in the vicinity
County Devon
Attached Ship Briton (1850-55)
Prison Type Convict Hulk
Date opened 1840
Date closed 1855
Ports Devonport
Portsmouth
Map location in the vicinity
Lat. 50.8235 Long. -1.1228
County Devon
Attached Ship Briton (1850-55)
Year 1843
Annual -
Daily Daily average - 366
Year 1848
Annual -
Daily Ship capacity - 450
Year 1853
Annual -
Daily Daily average - 349
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 7/222
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Warrants constituting and appointing Convict Prisons etc. Places for confinement of males under sentence of transportation - Portsmouth Convict Prison, Ship 'Stirling Castle' and Portsmouth Prison jointly, and Brixton House of Correction.
Dates: 1852-1853
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 8/112-129
Collection: Home Office
Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks - Stirling Castle, Gosport
Dates: 1852-1856
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 8/63-81
Collection: Home Office
Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks - Stirling Castle, Devonport
Dates: 1840-1844
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 8/82-111
Collection: Home Office
Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks - Stirling Castle, Portsmouth
Dates: 1844-1852
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/105
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Portsmouth Prison, register of prisoners (a register for the Stirling Castle for the early years)
Dates: 1847-1853
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
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/134
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of prisoners on the Hulks Defence and Stirling Castle
Dates: 1837-1849