Waratah, a 500 foot-cargo-passenger ship, vanished off the coast of South Africa in July 1909. All 211 persons on-board were apparently killed, but no bodies, wreckage or any other evidence was ever discovered. Operated by Blue Anchor Line, Waratah was on a run between England and Australia by way of the Cape of Good Hope. She was not fitted with wireless, which wasn’t unusual for the time. To learn more about this baffling mystery, read this story.
