Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An aika da 43 zuwa Afirka ta Kudu don aiki a cikin Yakin Xhosa na takwas
a shekara ta 1851. A shekara ta 1852 wani rukuni daga rundunar ya bar garin Simon a cikin jirgin ruwa na HMS "Birkenhead" wanda ke zuwa Port Elizabeth. Da karfe biyu na safe a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 1852, jirgin ya buge duwatsu a Danger Point, kusa da Gansbaai. Sojojin sun taru a kan bene, kuma sun ba da damar mata da yara su shiga jirgi na farko, amma sai suka tsaya tsayin daka yayin da jirgin ya nutse lokacin da jami'an suka gaya musu cewa tsalle daga jirgi da yin iyo zuwa jiragen ruwa zai iya tayar da waɗannan jiragen ruwa da kuma haɗarin fasinjojin farar hula. Mutane 357 suka nitse. Jaruntaka da horo da sojojin Biritaniya suka nuna wanda ya hada da wani rukuni na 43 a karkashin jagorancin Lieutenant Girardot a lokacin jirgin ruwa ya sami tallafi sosai a Ingila da kasashen waje. Sarki Frederick na Prussia ya ba da umarnin cewa labarin jaruntakar da aka nuna a lokacin nutsewar jirgin ya karanta wa kowane rundunar sojojinsa a matsayin misali na sadaukar da kai ga aiki.