Floating Hell - Life on Board a Victorian Prison Hulk (Convict Ships in the 1800s)

Imagine being imprisoned on a dirty old ship in the 1800s for months or years with terrible food. The 18th and 19th Centuries saw Britain fight numerous wars and, with civilian jails on land overcrowded with prisoners, the government put convicts on old ships called hulks. They became widespread up to the Victorian era and could be found in ports throughout Britain, Australia, Gibraltar and the Caribbean. This is a genuine account of prison life and the convicts aboard on old ship on the River Thames in the 1850s, by a Victorian journalist. Prisoners had a hard life with no rest from work, cleaning and hard labour - except in sickness or death. 👍 Support the channel (donations): Send a Super Thanks on the video page 📣 JOIN to support the channel as a Member:    / @factfeast   Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media 📲 ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch 📺 Thank you ▶️ What did Victorians do with Bad Boys? (Floating Ships of Detention):    • What did Victorians do with Bad Boys? (Flo...   ▶️ Victorian Convict Ships and Brutal Punishment (Hard Labour on the 1800s):    • Victorian London's Prison Ships and BRUTAL...   ▶️ Victorian Criminal Underworld:    • Victorian Criminal Underworld (Dark Dens o...   ▶️ Victorian London's Street Criminals:    • Victorian London's Street Criminals (Crook...   ▶️ Victorian London's Police Court and Crazy Criminals:    • Victorian London's Police Court and Crazy ...   ▶️ Where is Blackbeard's Treasure? (Pirates and Gold of the Caribbean):    • Where is Blackbeard's Treasure? (Pirates a...   ▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist):    • Criminal Past   ▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist):    • Victorians   ▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist):    • Edwardians   ▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist):    • Worst Jobs in Victorian History   ▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):    • Victorian Workhouses   ▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):    • American Slums and Tenements   Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com CC BY - TCL Rowbotham Shipping at Deptford 1840, Hospital-ship 'The Dreadnought,' A small rowing boat is taking people to a prison ship, The Society of Friends soup kitchen Manchester 1862 by Wellcome Collection; HMS Victory hammocks by Mike Prince from Bangalore, India; Portsmouth HMS Victory (Deck) by xmax CC BY-SA - Bell on the bow of the MV TUSTUMENA in Sand Point, Alaska, with build date “1964” by Gordon Leggett; Closeup of an inmate's shackled hands (handcuffs on a martin link belly chain) by Rainerzufall1234; Contemporary model of a British 70-gun 3rd rate ship of the line from 1725 counterposed to a 50-gun 4th rate ship of the line from 1715, to scale by Igor Zyx; División de las tropas by Oladelmar; Galley on HMS Victory by Chris Gilson; H.M.S. Trincomalee, Hartlepool Maritime Experience by Ian Petticrew via geograph.org; Medicines onboard HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by The Wub; Model of HMS Discovery (1789) at the Vancouver Maritime Museum by The Highfinsperm Whale; Prison hulks in the Thames c.1814, England, painting by State Library of New South Wales; Reenactors in the uniform of the 33rd Regiment of Foot (Wellington's Redcoats), who fought in the Napoleonic Wars between 1812 and 1816 by Wyrdlight; The Carpenter's Workshop, HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by Hugh Llewelyn; Video from Shire Hall Monmouth by Richard Symonds #PrisonHulks #PrisonHulkShips #PrisonHulksOnTheRiverThames #PrisonHulkThames #PrisonShips #PrisonShipsVictorian #PrisonShipsVictorianEngland #BritishPrisonShips #PrisonShipsOnThe Thames #PrisonHulksMedway #FactFeast