York

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Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Convict Hulk

Date opened   1820

Date closed   1850

Ports   Gosport
Portsmouth

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Hampshire

Attached Ship   Racoon (1830)

Critical Remarks

In 1820, the York replaced the Laurel (ID 2002). It was brought out of service in 1850.

Related Prisons

Prison Info

Prison Type   Convict Hulk

Date opened   1820

Date closed   1850

Ports   Gosport
Portsmouth

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   50.797972  Long.   -1.118852

County   Hampshire

Attached Ship   Racoon (1830)

Critical Remarks

In 1820, the York replaced the Laurel (ID 2002). It was brought out of service in 1850.

Related Prisons

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1823

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   573

 

Year 1828

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   574

 

Year 1833

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   548

 

Year 1838

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   291

 

Year 1843

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   499

 

Year 1848

Annual   -  

Daily Ship capacity   -   450

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, 1821, XXI.449), 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, 1821, XXI.449), 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, 1822, XXII.327), p.1; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1822, XXII.327), p.5; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1823, XV.297), p.1; Two reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. superintendent of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1823, XV.297), 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, 1824, XIX.183), 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, 1824, XIX.183), 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, 1825, XXIII.495), 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, 1825, XXIII.495), 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, 1826, XXIV.387), 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, 1826, XXIV.387), 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, 1826-27, XIX.137), 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, 1826-27, XIX.137), 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, 1828, XX.45), 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, 1828, XX.45), 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, 1829, XVIII.315), 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, 1829, XVIII.315), 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, 1830, XXIII.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, 1830, XXIII.1), 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, 1830-31, XII.439), 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, 1830-31, XII.439), 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, 1831-32, XXXIII.93), 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, 1831-32, XXXIII.93), 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, 1833, XXVIII.639), 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, 1833, XXVIII.639), 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, 1834, XLVII.15), 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, 1834, XLVII.15), 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, 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.5; 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.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, 1837-38, 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.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, 1839, XXXVIII.727), p.2 & 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, 1839, XXXVIII.727), 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, 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.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, 1841, XVIII.629), 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, 1841, XVIII.629), 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, 1842, XXXII.523), 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, 1842, XXXII.523), 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, 1843, XLII.337), p.1; 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.6; 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.3; Report of John Henry Capper, Esq. Superintendent of ships and vessles employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.315), p.2 & 4; Report of John Henry Capper, Esq. Superintendent of ships and vessles employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.491), p.2; Report of John Henry Capper, Esq. Superintendent of ships and vessles employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVIII.1), p.2; Report of the Manager of the Convict Hulk Establishment, for the year 1848 (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXIX.1), p.4; Report of the Manager of the Convict Hulk Establishment, for the year 1849 (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXIX.13), p.7; 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.22

Secondary Sources

  • Charles Campbell, The Intolerable Hulks: British Shipboard Confinement, 1776-1857 (Bowie, MD., 1993), pp. 235-244

Prisoners

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 8/1-14, 16-56

Collection: Home Office

Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks, York, Portsmouth

Dates: 1824-1838


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 8/57-111

Collection: Home Office

Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks, York, Gosport

Dates: 1838-1852


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 9/15

Collection: Home Office

Description: Letter book for the York Convict Hulk

Dates: 1837-1843


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 9/9

Collection: Home Office

Description: Convict Hulks moored at Portsmouth - Laurel, York, Hardy. Also, register of prisoners.

Dates: 1802-1836


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/136

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Register of prisoners on the Hulk York

Dates: 1841-1857