Help please

[DeeG]

 Assumption being the mother of all foul-ups, and assuming I am on the right trail, how can I find information on a "Prison Hulk" what ever one of those is 

I`m looking for a Saml Turnock born in 1808,
Received: 15 Nov 1831
Ship: Hardy
Moored: Portsmouth
Convicted: 19 Oct 1831
Place Convicted: Stafford

From what other info I can find, maybe the "prison hulk" was called HMS Hardy 1824-1833 ?

[gc1]

Just for referance

Prison hulks ,sometimes called prison ships, were vessels used as a prison, often to hold convicts awaiting transportation to penal colonies. These were popular with the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries.

[stanmapstone]

See HMS Hardy, 1824–1833 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_prison_hulks

Stan

[Little Nell]

HMS Hardy was a convict hospital ship in 1831, in Portsmouth harbour.

It looks like your man was not very well  

Nell

[stanmapstone]

There is a entry on Ancestry: UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 Record for Sam Turnock

Stan

[stanmapstone]

Prison hulks in Portsmouth harbour http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=BHC1924

Stan

[Greensleeves]

Here is his crime:

[JJbeech]

Here is his crime:

Does that say he "Sold Silk"? what a strange crime!!!!

(Sorry to butt in!....love flicking through roots....such a wealth of knowledge and interesting stories...much better than the telly! )

JJ

[Greensleeves]

I think it might say "stole 50 (or  80) lbs silk" but I am by no means sure; perhaps someone better at deciphering will let us have an opinion.