SS WARATAH
Built 1908
Blue Anchor Line
500 feet
Steel
Second voyage
July 1909
Durban → Cape Town
July 26, 1909
All is well
Ships crisscrossed the area for weeks
Royal Navy joined
Coastal patrols scoured the beaches
Several ships reported seeing bodies
None recovered
Some reported wreckage
Nothing confirmed
No distress signal
No wreckage
No bodies
No debris
No lifeboats
Nothing washed ashore
211 passengers and crew