Other redundant warships were used as hospitals for convicts and prisoners of war. Many early British settlements were penal colonies to house transported convicts. Conditions for convicts in the penal colony were harsh. He continued to attack other convicts and damage prison property. Gladiators were trained combatants who might be slaves, convicts, or free volunteers. Ranken concludes that his two escaped convicts are fleeing by rail. The team continued to capture escaped convicts. They were sent to be with the criminal convicts on Nou. Other transport fleets bringing further convicts as well as freemen to the colony would follow. Sometimes, sable hunting was a job given to convicts exiled to Siberia. Sturt briefly served as Commander on Norfolk Island, where mutiny was brewing among the convicts. Halloran then confesses he let various guilty convicts walk free, deactivating his collar. It consisted of over a thousand settlers, including 778 convicts (192 women and 586 men). He specialized in playing tough guys such as cowboys, sheriffs, convicts, and sergeants. All but two of the rest of the convicts were eventually caught.