Convict's Bay, Bermuda

Convict Bay
Map of St George's Town and Garrison, including Convict Bay, ca. 1899
Coordinates32°22′49″N 64°40′25″W / 32.3803°N 64.6737°W / 32.3803; -64.6737
TypeRoyal Engineers Yard. Company offices
Site information
OwnerWar Office
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1864
Built forWar Office
In use1864–1957
Garrison information
GarrisonSt. George's Garrison, Bermuda, Bermuda Garrison
OccupantsRoyal Engineers

Convicts' Bay (better known as Convict Bay) is a bay located in St. George's Harbour on the eastern side of St. George's Town on St. George's Island, Bermuda, and near to Ordnance Island.

The bay was part of the a Royal Navy base in Bermuda, which was at St. George's from 1795 through the American War of 1812, pending construction of the Royal Naval Dockyard. It was subsequently part of St. George's Garrison until the 1950s, with HMCS Somers Isles, a Royal Canadian Navy training base, established there during the Second World War.


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