His Majesty's Naval Service of the British Armed Forces |
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Convict Bay | |
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Coordinates | 32°22′49″N 64°40′25″W / 32.3803°N 64.6737°W |
Type | Royal Engineers Yard. Company offices |
Site information | |
Owner | War Office |
Operator | British Army |
Site history | |
Built | 1864 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | 1864–1957 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | St. George's Garrison, Bermuda, Bermuda Garrison |
Occupants | Royal 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 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.