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GCSE History · key term
An old ship used as a floating prison, including for convicts awaiting transportation.
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Revise: Early Punishments, Public Punishment and TransportationOne temporary answer was the use of hulks, old ships anchored in rivers and estuaries. Prisoners were taken ashore to work but confined aboard the ships at other times.
Keep the transportation sequence clear: North America, disruption after American independence in 1776, temporary use of hulks, then transportation to Australia.
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