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Prison hulk — OCR GCSE History B Definition | GradeGen

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Prison hulk

GCSE History · key term

Prison hulk

Definition

An old ship used to hold prisoners rather than transport them.

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OCR GCSE History B · J411

Paper 1

Revise: Changes in punishment

OCR History B past papers

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