 On 29 May 1807 one of the ships carrying the soldiers home, the East Indiaman "Ganges", was off the Cape of Good Hope when she sprang a leak.She sank almost due south of Cape Agulhas.There was no loss of life; the East Indiaman "St Vincent", which was in company, managed to get all 203 or 209 persons on board "Ganges" off, including a number of soldiers from the regiment.