LAST OF THE BIRKENHEAD
DEATH OP THE LAST SURVIVOR. By Telesraph—Press Association—Oopyriehl (Rec. May 19, 10.25 p.m.) London, May 19. ■ The cleatlris announced of Captain G. Lucas, the last survivor of tho wreck of tho ill-fated troopship Birkenhead.
The troopship Birkenhead, . an iron paddle-wheel vessel of 55G h.p., sailed from Queenstown, Ireland, for the Cape on January 7, 1852, having on board- detachments'of the 12th Lancers, the 2nd, Sth 12th, 43rd, 45th, and GOth Rifles, nnti tho 73rd, lttli, and 91st Regiments. The ship struck upon a pointed pinnacio rock off Simon's Bay, South Africa, and of 638 persons on board, only 181 were caved by tho boats; 451 of the crew and soldiers perished.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19140520.2.43
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2153, 20 May 1914, Page 7
Word Count
115LAST OF THE BIRKENHEAD Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2153, 20 May 1914, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.