The horses that were on board The Birkenhead swam to the shore and local folklore has it that they roamed free as a wild herd in the plains of the "Strandveld" until well into the 20th century. Even today, there is a herd of wild horses living in the Rooisands nature reserve, near Kleinmond. Nobody knows where they came from, but it is assumed that they either came from the Birkenhead, or from one of the other ships that were wrecked along this treacherous coast.
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