British liner found?
PA East London A United States marine agency will help South African researchers to identfy a British vessel which disappeared near this east coast city in 1909.
A Cape Town-based marine geophysicist, Andries Cornelissen, said he may have found the wreck of the British liner Waratah which vanished near East London on a voyage from Australia to Britain in 1909. Now the National Underwater Marine Agency (N.U.M.A.) in the United States has been asked to help South Africa identify the ship, using highly specialised cameras.
The Waratah was last seen on July 28, 1909, after which she disappeared without trace in a storm. The 211 passengers and crew on board perished.
Like the Titanic, the Waratah was designed as unsinkable with eight watertight compartments running the length of the hull.
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Press, 23 September 1987, Page 12
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