Rukunin ya tashi zuwa Cape Colony a 1851 don shiga cikin Yakin Xhosa na takwas
Ka yi haƙuri. 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. Kwamandan rundunar, Laftanar Kanar Alexander Seton, tare da daya daga cikin masu goyon bayansa da kuma wasu mutane arba'in da takwas daga cikin sa, suna cikin wadanda suka mutu.