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CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-Emlyn Brown, head of the South
Africa National Underwater & Marine Agency (NUMA),
announced today that the remains he found in July, 1999,
and identified as the WARATAH, were not actually the remains
of the elusive vessel. "…Although the submarine
dive to the wreck was flawless, the wreck we thought was
the Waratah, is in fact not, repeat not the Waratah,"
a distressed Dr. Brown e-mailed to Clive Cussler. "It
is a cargo ship carrying military hardware, tanks, tires,
trucks, etc. that we now know was sunk by a U-boat in
1942. I, and all involved are stunned beyond belief, and
almost speechless at what was finally seen on the ocean
floor."
The search and exploration for the wreck of the legendary
SS Waratah by author Clive Cussler and his intrepid
NUMA (National Underwater & Marine Agency) crew
led by Brown and Dr. Peter Ramsay of NUMA's South African
sister organization will resume later this year.
We have already searched for the WARATAH on nine separate
expeditions since 1983," Cussler reported. "I
guess she is going to continue to be elusive a while
longer but Emlyn and I refuse to give up."
The WARATAH was lost in 1909 with all hands on board.
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