Loss Of The Troopship Birkenhead, South
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Loss Of The Troopship Birkenhead, South
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Print Collector
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Loss of the troopship 'Birkenhead', South Africa, 1852 (early 20th century). Women and children being lowered into the ship's lifeboats. HMS 'Birkenhead', an iron paddle-steamer troopship sailed from Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, for the Cape of Good Hope on 7 January 1852. She foundered off Simon's Bay, South Africa on 26 February. The troops' commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton, gave the order Women and children first and the troops stood in line on deck as if on parade and awaited their fate. Of the 638 people on board, only 193 were saved. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 27th, 2021
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