The Foundering of the HMS Birkenhead

"Women and Children first" a phrase many are familiar with. But do you know the origin? Half a century before the Titanic plunged beneath the waves a British Troopship was in mortal peril off the coast of South Africa. With half their lifeboats destroyed or useless, the nearly 600 men on board had to make a sacrifice that the world would never forget. Here is the origin of the Birkenhead drill, way back on that February day in 1852.
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Works Cited:
The Wreck of the HMS Birkenhead by Charles River

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Women-Children-First/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Birkenhead_(1845)

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