HMS Birkenhead
26th February 1852: The British troopship HMS Birkenhead strikes a reef and sinks off Danger Point in South Africa, with the loss of 445 lives. She was carrying soldiers to fight in the Eighth Frontier War in the Eastern Cape. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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February 26, 1852
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