Anchor - HMS BIRKENHEAD
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DiePienaars
S 29° 44.817 E 030° 41.826
36J E 277298 N 6707032
This anchor is on display in Drummond, HMS BIRKENHEAD which sunk in 1852
Waymark Code: WM700Z
Location: Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Date Posted: 08/12/2009
Views: 14
The HMS Birkenhead sunk on 1852 February 25th, with the 499 British troops; the crew, 132 ; women and children, 12 ; total, 650 persons. At two in the morning struck on a rock just off Cape Hanglip off the Cape coast.
The three boats then left the remains of the vessel, to which many were still clinging - Captain Salmond being last seen in the rigging of the mizen-mast.
About 400- 500 men lost there lives.
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