XJF131260 Prison Ship York at Portsmouth Harbour: Convicts Going on Board, 1828 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Cooke, Edward William (1811-80); Private Collection; (add.info.: 74-gun third-rate HMS \'York\' (1743 tons) launched 1807, first posted to the West Indies, then served with the Mediterranean Squadron off Toulon, returned to Portsmouth serving as a prison hulk 1819-52. Around 500 convicts were held awaiting transportation to Australia and other penal colonies in the British Empire.); English, out of copyright.