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	HMS Birkenhead (1845) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Birkenhead, also referred to as HM Troopship Birkenhead, was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy.
		She was built in 1845 at John Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead as a frigate and named Vulcan, but the Admiralty renamed her Birkenhead and had her converted into a troopship in 1848.
		In the late afternoon of 25 February 1852 the Birkenhead left Simon's Bay near Cape Town with approximately 643 men, women, and children aboard, under instructions to reach its destination at Algoa Bay as quickly as possible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Birkenhead_(1845) (874 words)

	Birkenhead (disambiguation) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The most famous Birkenhead is a town on the Wirral peninsula in Northwest England.
		Birkenhead, a suburb in North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand.
		The rock was named after the British troop ship HMS Birkenhead (named after the English town), which was wrecked there, a disaster that gave rise to the British Naval tradition of "Women and children first".
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Birkenhead_%28disambiguation%29 (184 words)

	HMS Birkenhead (1845) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Birkenhead, also referred to as HM Troopship Birkenhead, was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy.
		She was built in 1845 at John Laird's shipyard at (Click link for more info and facts about Birkenhead) Birkenhead as a (A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser) frigate and named Vulcan, but the Admiralty renamed her Birkenhead and had her converted into a troopship in 1848.
		Propulsion: Rigged as a (Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast) brigantine, she also had two steam engines generating a total of 350 HP driving two six-metre diameter paddle wheels.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Birkenhead_(1845)2.htm (838 words)

	Knowledge King - Birkenhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Birkenhead is a town in The Wirral, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool.
		The rock was named after the British troop ship HMS Birkenhead was wrecked there, a disaster that gave rise to the British Naval tradition of "Women and children first." See: HMS Birkenhead, HMS Birkenhead Memorial
		Birkenhead Lake and Birkenhead Provincial Park in British Columbia.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/b/bi/birkenhead.html (166 words)

	Ship of the Month
		HMS Onyx, like her surviving sister HMS Ocelot at Chatham, is an Oberon class attack submarine.
		HMS Onyx is 295ft (89.4m) in length, 26.5ft (8m) breadth with an 18ft (5.5m) draught and the class is quite unique in the fact that the casing is constructed of glass fibre and alloy, the first time a plastic had been used in any submarine construction.
		The working life of HMS Onyx comprised of four different commissions that were to ultimately take her around the globe.
	www.north-cheshire-marine.org.uk /smApr.htm (488 words)

	HMS Albion (1802) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The third HMS Albion was a (Click link for more info and facts about third-rate) third-rate (A warship intended for combat) ship of the line of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy.
		She was launched at Perry's Yard at (Click link for more info and facts about Blackwall) Blackwall on the (The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea) Thames in June 1802.
		She was hulked as a lazaretto or quarantine ship in 1831 and was finally broken up in 1836.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Albion_(1802)2.htm (142 words)

	Birkenhead House \| Garden Route Accommodation
		Birkenhead House is perched high on the cliffs of Hermanus, overlooking the whale watchers’ paradise of Walker Bay in Hermanus.
		With the first shock, the rock tore through the bow plates of the vessel and the water poured into the forward troop deck, trapping the sleeping soldiers in their hammocks.With the water inside the ship rising at the rate of a meter a minute, the end was in sight.
		Birkenhead House is situated in Hermanus in South Africa and is approximately 120km (75 miles) or 1.5 hours from Cape Town.
	www.rhinoafrica.com /destinations/garden_route/whale_route/accommodation/luxury/birkenhead_house (510 words)

	A ship tradition: women and children first
		The HMS Birkenhead was a 1900 ton warship.
		The Birkenhead had an uneventful voyage - there were no storms and they steered well clear of the coast of Africa, known for it's treacherous rocks.
		The rock on which the ship was wrecked is known as Birkenhead Rock and is seen as a memorial to the brave souls who perished on 26 February 1852.
	ne.essortment.com /shiptraditionw_rrqb.htm (574 words)

	Transcripts from Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is the first large vessel of war ever built on the shores of that noble river, and, therefore, a few particulars respecting her may be interesting.
		Her armament will be two 96 pound first guns, one forward and the other aft, and four 68 pounder broadside guns ; so that with the aid of her steam she will prove a formidable opponent to any adversary.
		The Admiralty was represented by Captain Black, R N. After the launch, which was beautifully effected, the principal visitors sat down to a splendid dejeuner, at which the usual loyal toasts were drunk; and "Success to Her Majesty's steamer the Birkenhead," was proposed and responded to amidst loud cheers.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /Gazette/RN_Vessels/Birkenhead_Launch.html (252 words)

	Light Cruisers - WW1 Naval Combat
		HMS Royalist and her sisters had a mixed armament of 6in and 4in guns.
		HMS Birkenhead, Chester Laid down 1914, completed 1915-1916.
		HMS Chester was one of two light cruisers ordered for Greece but taken over by the British in 1915.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /lightcru.htm (488 words)

	The Birkenhead Brewery Pub (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Birkenhead Pub can seat approximately 70 guests at a time, with an expansive lawn and tables outside for extra seating in good weather.
		You will also be thanked with a complimentary glass of Birkenhead at the end of the tour.
		Birkenhead lager is especially brewed to compliment food.
	www.megweb.uct.ac.za /www/307F/Birkenhead2/pub.html (323 words)

	Birkenhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Birkenhead is a town in The Wirral, Merseyside, on the leftbank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool.
		Birkenhead, Birkenhead visitorguide, Historic Warships at Birkenhead, Laird Shipbuilders, BirkenheadParish History, Population of Birkenhead, Birkenhead Priory
		Birkenhead Lake and Birkenhead Provincial Park in BritishColumbia.
	www.therfcc.org /birkenhead-56345.html (157 words)

	news.mod.uk - Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 150th anniversary of the tragic loss of the Royal Navy troopship HMS Birkenhead on 26 February 1852, for ever associated with the tradition of "Women and Children First" in an emergency, has been commemorated in by a series of events in South Africa and at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
		The troopship HMS Birkenhead was en route to Cape Town when it hit an uncharted rock during the night, about three miles off the South African shore, near the appropriately named Danger Point.
		The tradition of "women and children first" is popularly ascribed to have its roots in this incident; the bravery and discipline of the soldiers was admired around the world; indeed, an account was later read to every unit of the Prussian army, by order of the Kaiser, as an exemplar of military behaviour.
	news.mod.uk /news_headline_story.asp?newsItem_id=1495 (538 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Birkenhead Brewery offers South Africans another traditional beer style that’s always natural, healthy and never dull — Birkenhead Kolsch.
		This extremely strong, full malt flavoured style combines the best of an ale and a lager to provide the modern man with loads of taste in an autumn beer.
		This one’s for the real men that stood on the deck of the HMS Birkenhead and allowed the women and children to be saved first.
	www.birkenhead.co.za /kolsch.html (192 words)

	Birkenhead
		Birkenhead is a town in the county Borough of Wirral[?], Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool.
		The rock was named after the British troop ship HMS Birkenhead[?] was wrecked there, a disaster that gave rise to the British Naval tradition of "Women and children first." See: Wreck of HMS Birkenhead (http://www.birkenhead.co.za/Birkenhead.htm), HMS Birkenhead (http://www.palmiped.btinternet.co.uk/Birkenhead.htm), HMS Birkenhead Memorial (http://www.overberg.co.za/birkenhead/)
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bi/Birkenhead.html (181 words)

	Birkenhead House \| Hermanus Hotels \| Cape Luxury Accommodation... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Birkenhead House is the perfect destination for those seeking the pinnacle of seaside living.
		Birkenhead House is perched high on the cliffs of Hermanus and overlooks the Whale watchers paradise of Walker Bay.
		Perched high on the cliffs of Hermanus, Birkenhead House overlooks the Whale watchers paradise of Walker Bay and is approximately 120km (75 miles) from Cape Town...
	www.boutiquehotel.co.za /birkenhead-house.html (568 words)

	Women and Children First
		Yet, in contrast to the scenes of chaos on the deck of the Titanic, the discipline and self-sacrifice of the 436 men who went down with HMS Birkenhead became legendary and set the standard for conduct in a shipwreck, giving rise to the rule `women and children first'.
		None of the 643 souls on board could possibly have anticipated that, as her paddles thumped through the sea and her rakish prow sliced south-southeast into the twilight, she was heading for one of the most extraordinary and moving dramas in maritime history.
		The only real hope, he decided, was to ease the Birkenhead off the reef and trust that there was enough buoyancy in the undamaged parts of the ship to keep her afloat until rescue came.
	www.angryharry.com /reWomenandChildrenFirst.htm (1892 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Chronologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Vindictive sunk as blockship at Zeebrugge, Belgium.
		HMS Cossack frees POWs from Altmark in Norwegian fjord.
		HMS Lutine wrecks on coast of Holland with loss of 240 men and £2 million in gold.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_000108_chronologies.htm (5827 words)

	HMS Birkenhead
		A large troopship, HM Troopship Birkenhead, with about 638 men women and children on board, was sailing off the coast of Africa on a clear night on 26th February 1852 carrying reinforcements for the troops engaged in the Kaffir War.
		Off Cape Danger the vessel suddenly struck a sunken rock with such force that within 20 minutes she was a wreck.
		It is generally thought that the survivors comprised 113 Army personnel (all ranks), 6 Royal Marines, 54 seamen (all ranks), 7 women and 13 children but these numbers cannot be substantiated as muster rolls and books were lost with the ship.
	www.palmiped.btinternet.co.uk /Birkenhead.htm (998 words)

	Model Mart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I managed to snap the top off one of HMS Birkenhead's mast while trying to attach a streamer to the masthead, so do be careful.
		For HMS Plantagenet, for example, it records that she has two masts (masts are the measure of how many guns a vessel has, and records 'hits' - so, a three-masted vessel can take three hits before she is disabled).
		HMS Plantagenet has a speed of S+L - which means she can travel the length of the small and long sides of the card per turn and she carries two 'white' (short range) guns.
	www.modelmart.co.uk /content/features?Category=Article&ID=565 (989 words)

	Divers explore WW1 wreck of HMS Caribbean - DIVERNET News for Divers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She was refitted as an auxilliary cruiser in 1915 and renamed HMS Caribbean.
		Fortunately, the trawlers which were sent from Stornoway in the Hebrides, together with HMS Birkenhead, succeeded in rescuing most of the crew into lifeboats that night.
		HMS Caribbean sank early on 27 September, and the 15 crewmen still aboard lost their lives.
	www.divernet.com /news/stories/carib310504.shtml (944 words)

	HMS Conway
		Housed in the Conway Chapel in Birkenhead Priory.
		On July 22 1932 HM the King was presented with a model of the Conway made onboard by the carpenter Mr John Bullis Williams assisted by cadets.
		There was a long steel lever that had to be cranked back and forth to build up pressure in the firing cylinder, which would then be released by pulling upwards on a short handle at the side of the engine.
	www.hmsconway.org /relics_artifacts.html (5770 words)

	Biography
		The real test of that knowledge was my first sea draft, a Daring class destroyer H.M.S. In June 1955 we said goodbye to Ganges and we were herded on a double decker bus to Ipswich station bound for Victoria Station London.
		I was drafted to HMS Dolphin, Fort Blockhouse as a Main Gate Sentry and this was quite a good employment but short lived.
		I have very little regrets in joining the navy, HMS DELIGHT my first sea draft was the only ship I ever served on as ships company, Joining submarines was the best decision I made, I was fascinated with them and I still am.
	www.saoc-central.com /Wyss.html (3817 words)

	The Wreck of the Birkenhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The sinking of this ship was the first occasion on which women and children were taken to safety first, a procedure which has since become a nautical standard.
		The wreck of the Birkenhead is not only famous for the bravery of its young soldiers and for the fact that no woman or children were lost but also because legend has it that she was carrying £240000 in gold (about 3 tons) as part of a military pay-packet.
		According to a source from the British Archives this large consignment of gold was secretly stored in the powder-room of the ship.
	mysite.mweb.co.za /residents/coronat/diving/wrecks/birkenhead/birkenhead.htm (789 words)

	Culture UK - what makes the Britsh so ... British! Women and Children First - the sinking of HMS Birkenhead
		This course kept the Birkenhead within approximately three miles of the coast, maintaining a speed of approximately 8 knots.
		The churning paddle wheels of the Birkenhead drove her on with such force that the rock sliced through into the hull ripping open the compartment between the engine-room and forepeak.
		The Birkenhead sank only twenty-five minutes after she had struck the rocks, only the topmast and sailcloth remained visible above the water with about fifty men still clinging to them.
	www.historic-uk.com /CultureUK/WomenandChildrenFirst.htm (744 words)

	Historic Warships at Birkenhead welcomes HMS Bronington to its collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Historic Warships at Birkenhead welcomes HMS Bronington to its collection
		The Warship Preservation Trust is proud to announce the arrival of HMS Bronington at Birkenhead.
		She has joined the largest collection of 20th century fighting vessels in the United Kingdom, The Historic Warships at Birkenhead.
	www.historicwarships.freeserve.co.uk (45 words)

	HMS Birkenhead - Finding Relatives of the Birkenhead Heroes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In February this year, I was the Birkenhead Liaison Office in the United Kingdom who organised a Service of Remembrance to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Birkenhead.
		All the ten Birkenheads Regiments were strongly represented and so too were the South African High Commission in London, the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and the Royal Army Medical Corps.
		Where is the original Thomas Hemy picture of the Birkenhead which shows Colonel Seton drawing up his Officers and Men on deck to the sound of a Drummer, with the women and children being assembled on the deck prior to being loaded into a lifeboat.
	www.overberg.co.za /birkenhead/findrelatives.htm (1733 words)

	Places of Interest - Birkenhead and Wallasey Docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Onyx and HMS Plymouth - both saw action in the Falklands War.
		During the Falklands conflict HMS Onyx hit an underwater outcropping, crushing a torpedo in its forward tubes.
		The wooden minesweeper, HMS Bronington in 1976 was commanded Prince Charles.
	homepages.enterprise.net /hyland/maps/interest/wallaseydocks.html (319 words)

	Birkenhead Class Cruiser - HMS Birkenhead HMS Chester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chester was slightly larger than Birkenhead and modified to burn all oil before completion.
		The main difference from similar British cruisers was the substitution of 5.5 inch guns for the 6 inch guns used in the British ships.
		One weakness of the gun was the gun shields which didn't reach the deck leaving the gun crews vulnerable to splinters.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /light-cruiser/hms-Birkenhead.html (183 words)

	Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England): Story of bravery lives on; FELICITY NEWSON tells the story of the HMS Birkenhead, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Story of bravery lives on; FELICITY NEWSON tells the story of the HMS Birkenhead, the ship which sank 150 years ago and coined an immortal phrase as it sank beneath the waves.(Features)
		But while it's a well-known phrase few people realise that the words were first uttered as the ship, the HMS Birkenhead, sank off South Africa after being sliced open on rocks off the ominously named Danger Point.
		Of the 638 people on board the paddle steamer, which was taking troops and supplies out to join the Kaffir War, only 20 were women and children.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:83419775&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (270 words)

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