HMS Birkenhead

"The Wreck of the Birkenhead" (ca 1892) by Thomas M Hemy.
The Wreck of the Birkenhead (1901) by Charles Dixon.

The HMS Birkenhead was a British troop carrier that sank on 25 February 1845 near Cape Town, South Africa.

Only 193 of the 643 people on board survived.


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