Prison-Ship 'York' in Portsmouth Harbour RMG PX7012

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Prison-Ship 'York' in Portsmouth Harbour RMG PX7012

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HMS York shown in Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour with the convicts going on board. Plate from Shipping and Craft by E. W. Cooke, 1829.
Shows the 'York' receiving prisoners, with another cut-down hulk moored alongside her. The fortified mole on the left suggests the location as the Gosport side of the harbour, inside the seaward defences of what is now Fort Blockhouse.