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English XI - (Notes First Year) - Qutestions Answers The Birkenhead Drill

Questions Answers (Prose) The Birkenhead Drill Q.1: What is the Birkenhead? Ans: It was a troopship of Royal British Navy that was carrying soldiers and their families to South Africa. Q.2: Why the ship could not reach its destination? Ans: It was a troopship of Royal British Navy that was carrying soldiers and their families to South Africa. cont Q.2: Why the ship could not reach its destination? OR How did the Birkenhead come to be wrecked? Was any member of her crew to blame? Ans: The ship was sailing from England to the South Africa. Unfortunately the ship fell prey to devastating collision with a hidden rock which was neither mentioned in any of the ocean map nor discovered. The collision split the ship into two parts. The front half of the ship soon sank into the water. But the rear half kept floating on the surface of the water for sometime, thus, giving a chance to many to survive the terrible disaster. Finally, the rear part also sank costing lives of many brave sold...