Why Britain’s Prison Hulks Became Floating Nightmares

For nearly a century, the British Empire used old warships as floating prisons — dark, rotting hulks anchored along the Thames, Portsmouth, and Plymouth. Inside these ships, thousands of men and even children faced starvation, disease, forced labor, and brutal punishments. Many never left alive.

This Biography Plus documentary exposes the horrifying truth behind the prison hulks:
why they were created, what happened on their filthy decks, and how thousands of forgotten prisoners suffered in silence beneath the British flag.

From disease outbreaks to child convicts, from chained labor gangs to the infamous cat-o’-nine-tails, this is the shocking story Britain tried to forget — and the one that changed criminal justice forever.

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