The Strong Abercrombie Robinson and the Rotten Waterloo (1842)

The Graham’s Town Journal from September 15th, 1842, featured a scathing article about the recent shipwreck in Table Bay, especially the loss of the Waterloo. “Yet we should lose no time in having our Life Boat and other Humane Apparatus in readiness, and our Boatmen, now experienced Salvors, should hold themselves prepared for sudden calls. If in the finest weather a vessel of the Waterloo class touch the sand or mud, to say nothing of rocks, her doom is sealed; and unluckily the sides of our Bay seem to have a sort of elective attraction on everything rotten.” Ship Name: WaterlooYear Built: 1815Tonnage 414Ship Type: East Indiaman Nationality: British Year Wrecked: 1842Location Wrecked: Table Bay, South Africa  Reason for Wreck: Ran Aground in Storm Lives Lost: Over 200 Ship Name: Abercrombie Robinson Year Built: 1825Tonnage: 1415Ship Type: East Indiaman Nationality: British Year Wrecked: 1842Location Wrecked: Table Bay, South Africa Reason for Wreck: Ran Aground in Storm Lives Lost: None Sources: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12411445https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228139728?searchTerm=abercrombie%20robinson%20waterloohttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73841411?searchTerm=abercrombie%20robinson%20waterloohttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37115057?searchTerm=abercrombie%20robinson%20waterloohttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/3393813/3393815/10/waterloo%2BOR%2Babercrombie%2BOR%2Brobinson?from=searchhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225012559?searchTerm=abercrombie%20robinson%20waterloohttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226512147?searchTerm=abercrombie%20robinson%20waterloohttps://books.google.com/books?id=_rJLAAAAcAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=waterloo+table+bay+shipwreck+1842&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2953505?searchTerm=abercrombie%20robinson%20waterloohttps://books.google.com/books?id=SZRTOwrlPJ0C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=waterloo+table+bay+shipwreck+1842&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=zVSVsyjwl4UC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=waterloo+table+bay+shipwreck+1842&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=QHNbAAAAQAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=lloyds+abercrombie+robinson&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=iJjZ6vsTCqkC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=waterloo+table+bay+shipwreck+1842&source=gbs_navlinks_s