Convicts in Bermuda Part 2

What is a hulk?

• cruise ship

• fishing boat

• prison ship

• container ship

The hulks were moored off?

• Ordnance Island

• Somerset Village

• Crawl

• Dockyard

The name of one of the hulks was?

• The Mary Lou

• The Queen of Bermuda

• The Thames

• The King of Bermuda

Which two hulks were sent to St. Georges?

• Thames and Antelope

• Thames and Dromedary

• Thames and Weymouth

• Thames and Tenedos

In which parish will you find a small graveyard containing graves of convicts who built the Dockyard?

• Smiths

• Sandy's

• St. David

• St. George

Other structures built by the convicts are. . .

• Watford Bridge

• Somerset Bridge

• Grey's Bridge

• The Causeway Bridge

More structures built by convicts in Bermuda are . . .

• water tanks

• drains

• wash houses

• All of the above

Why was Bermuda crucial for British strategic purposes?

• The French were a possible threat in the Atlantic

• The Germans were a possible threat in the Atlantic

• The Americans were a possible threat in the Atlantic

• The Caribbean was a possible threat in the Atlantic

The convicts came from the following countries.

• Britain, Canada and Finland

• Britain, Canada and Norway

• Britain, Canada and Russia

• Britain, Canada and Ireland

Convicts had to be brought in from Ireland and Canada because of the following reasons.

• There was insufficient local Bermuda laborers

• The slave trade had ended, therefore couldn't import slaves to work.

• There was insufficient British laborers

• All of the above