The Waratah disappeared with 211 passengers and crew aboard.

 
Bridgnorth Cemetery, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
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Although it is not clear in this photograph part of the cemetery is both overgrown and on a steep slope and it was quite hazardous surveying this section.
 
 

In July 1909, the Waratah, en route from Durban to Cape Town, disappeared with 211 passengers and crew aboard. No trace of the ship has ever been found.

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