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Prostitution in maritime London  
Prostitution in maritime London
Throughout its long history women worked as prostitutes in the streets and taverns of maritime London
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Policing the Port of London
Fighting crime in maritime London
  Policing the Port of London
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Prison hulks on the River Thames  
Prison hulks on the River Thames
Find out more about the notorious floating prisons that housed London's convicts
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London and the pirates
Separate fact from fiction and find out what pirates were really like
  London and the pirates
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Captain Kidd  
Captain Kidd
A 17th-century pirate
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Quick Quiz
What do you think happened at Execution Dock?
Sailors were shot
Stolen goods were unloaded
Pirates and smugglers were hanged
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National Maritime Museum/Royal Observatory Greenwich New Opportunities Fund  
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