the 1621 version of richard norwood's map of bermuda shows darrell's island at that time appears to have been called "captain tucker's island" (""ca. turker iland"") presumably for captain daniel tucker (governor of bermuda from 1616 to 1619). what is now known as hinson's island is shown on the same map as darrell's island (""dorrel iland""). the islands of the great sound were part of the royal naval land purchases in bermuda following the american war of independence. the royal navy used the islands for various purposes in the 19th century. darrell's island was also used as a quarantine station. during the second boer war, it was used (along with several of its neighbours) as a prisoner of war camp.