SS Waratah

	Postcard of Waratah, November 1908
History
United Kingdom
Name	Waratah
Namesake	Waratah
Owner	W. Lund and Sons
Operator	Blue Anchor Line
Route	London – Durban – Adelaide
Ordered	September 1907
Builder	Barclay Curle, Whiteinch
Cost	£139,900
Yard number	472
Launched	12 September 1908
Sponsored by	Mrs JW Taverner
Completed	23 October 1908
Maiden voyage	5 November 1908
Identification	UK official number 125741; code letters HNGM; ;
Fate	Vanished without a trace off Durban July 1909
Notes	Last reported seen July 27, 1909 by SS Clan Maclntyre and never seen again
General characteristics
Type	passenger and cargo ship
Tonnage	9,339 GRT; 6,004 NRT; 10,000 DWT;
Length	465.0 ft (141.7 m)
Beam	59.4 ft (18.1 m)
Depth	35.0 ft (10.7 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	1,003 nhp
Propulsion	2 × 4-cylinder quadruple expansion engines
Speed	About 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h) service speed.
Capacity	432 passenger cabin berths, plus more than 600 berths in dormitories in the holds
Crew	154 crew
Notes	Waratah had lifeboat and liferaft capacity for 921 people

SS Waratah was a passenger and cargo steamship built in 1908 for the Blue Anchor Line to operate between Europe and Australia. In July 1909, on only her second voyage, the ship, en route from Durban to Cape Town along the coast of what is present-day South Africa, disappeared with 211 passengers and crew aboard. No trace of her has ever been found, and her fate remains unknown.

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