American Prisoners of the Revolution: The British used the ships at Wallabout Bay, later the site of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, for naval prisoners on this side of the Atlantic. The prisoners included men captured on American privateers, merchant ships, French, Spanish, and Dutch vessels. After April 1780, the Jersey was the receiving ship where names were entered into records. Prison and hospital ships in Wallabout Bay: name, capacity, first year of use Whitby (250) 1776 Kitty and unknown ship (500) 1777 -- burned 1777 and 1778 Unknown ships (500) 1778 Unknown ships (500) 1779 Good Hope (500) 1780 -- burned 1780 Jersey (400) 1780 -- had been used as prison on East River 1779 Falmouth (200) 1780 -- hospital prison ship Hope (200) 1780 -- hospital prison ship used to transport Loyalists to New Brunswick Scorpion (300) 1780 Strombolo (200) 1780 -- sloop of 4 guns, a fire ship [?] Hunter (200) 1780 -- sloop, hospital prison ship Jersey (850) 1781 -- number of prisoners increased. Total on all ships 2,000 Jersey (1,000) 1782 -- number of prisoners increased. Total on all ships 2,000 John (200-300) 1783 Frederick (no data) 1783 -- hospital prison ship Perseverance (no data) 1783 -- hospital prison ship Bristol (no data) 1783 -- hospital prison ship Jersey (1,200) 1783 -- number of prisoners increased. Total on all ships 2,000 George Sutton James Sutton John Sutton Thomas Sutton