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The gallery on the prison hulk 'Warrior' (1781) Long Caption: The hulks were cramped and the prisoners slept in fetters. The convicts had to live on one deck that was barely high enough to let a man stand up. Standards of hygiene were so poor that disease spread quickly. The sick were given little medical attention and were not separated from the healthy. For the British criminal class an assignment to these floating dungeons was hardly less feared than the gallows. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: not catalogued Artist: unknown Date: 1846 Medium: print Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.