Wreck of the Birkenhead
Laden with soldiers, the troopship, Birkenhead, strikes a rock off Simon's Bay, South Africa : 184 are saved by the boats, 454 lives are lost
Picture No
10119745
Media ID
47341532
Size
4044px x 5684px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Thomas M Hemy in the Boy's Own Paper, 1899
Date
26th February 1852
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