This week we discuss the sinking of the Royal Navy troop ship HMS Birkenhead off of the Cape Colony in 1852.

*Originally released 8/22/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/16/22  

"Women and Children First!" - Ben Johnson, historic.uk.com

Our Soldiers - W.H.G Kingston

Soldier an' Sailor too (Rudyard Kipling)

The Household Narrative of Current Events, April 1852
- Description of the events in the episode begin on p. 87

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