The South African Commercial Advertiser for 31 August 1842 and for 3, 7 and 10 September 1842 carried reports of the wreck of the convict ship Waterloo. If anyone has found reference to an ancestor being transported in 1842, but has found no reference to them in Australia, they may be on this list. You can use CTRL F to search for a particular name. Posts 2 and 3 contain some interesting editorials even if you have no ancestors involved.

List of the Prisoners lost by the Wreck of the Waterloo, August 28th 1842:

James THELWALL
James SKERRATT
Abraham MILLS
John TAYLOR
James JACKSON
Edmund HARDMAN
John GODDARD
Richard HOWARD
John NORTH
Richard MARSH
John STONE
Edward NEWTON
Daniel RIGDEN
Henry MEPSTED
George THORN
Richard ADCOCK
Henry PROCTOR
Thomas CLARK
James WILLIAMS
Edward ALEXANDER
Sydney ALDRIDGE
Abraham SCATCHARD
William WOODWARD
Frederick WIGHTWICK
John ATTWOOD
William SAINT
James DAVIS
George CUNNINGHAM
George LLOYD
Robert WELLS
James BARNES
William THISELTON
William NASH
Richard HILL
William STAMPS
William LOW
George GARNER
George BRADBURY
Alexander JOHNSON
Thomas JOHNSON
Charles GREEN
Henry DAWES
Richard EDMONDS
John JONES
Robert ESSON
James ELLIOTT
Robert FAIRFAX
Richard HEWITT
Richard TAYLOR
Joseph FLINT
William JONES
Richard HOLYLAND
John SHORT
George HARRIS
John BROWN
John BULMORE
Richard PARKER
Jennis JACKS
William HAMLET
William MOORE
___ BROOKES
James ARMITAGE
Charles BLYTH
Isaac HANCOCK
Points HOWELL
Daniel STEWART
Henry HICKS
George BAALAM
John ROBINSON
Edward BIRCH
James BAMBER
James WILKES
James CARSON
Charles WORKMAN
Thomas PARSONS
Benjamin CURRAY
Thomas COWLEY
John CRAIG
Peter WINSTANLEY
William GOULDING
Henry MARRIOTT
John PEACOCK
Felix CURRAY
George HETHERINGTON
George WYLES
Edward GREGORY
Thomas WILLSON
John JONES
Francis BARNES
Angus McKINNON
John LEDINGHAM
Thomas SMEDLY
John REYNOLDS
John HAWKINS
James BIRCH
John ELLIS
James DUNCAN
Joseph BARKER
Thomas PEARMAN
Bertrand EDMONDS
Henry BARNSLEY
James CLARK
Thomas HILL
John WILDING
James GREENHAM
Hugh CAMPBELL
James KNOTT
Robert NEWTON
James JOBLIN
John THOMPSON
John BROOMFIELD
Thomas VOSE
Robert PARKINSON
John SMALLY
George GILES
Thomas POWNALL
Henry MORGAN
William WRIGHT
John LOVATT
William BIGGS
Thomas BOSWELL
Thomas KIRWIN
Daniel MURPHY
John NOWLAN
William GYOURY
Nathaniel JENKINS
Robert WALTHAM
James HEWITT
James KING
George WILLIAMS
John BROOKES
Frederick PURSER
William WHITE
John ROSSER
William ROSSER
James ROSSER
Thomas HEWITT
Elijah MARTIN
Emanuel OSBORN
Thomas BARLOW
George JONES
Jonathan PACKER
Richard CRANE

The above is a correct Return of Prisoners drowned at the Wreck of the Convict Ship Waterloo.
(Signed) Henry KELSALL MD, Surgeon RN.

Names of Men of the Guard and the Soldier’s Wife who were saved on the 28th August from the wreck of the Waterloo.
Lieut. HEXT, 4th “The King’s Own” Regt, commanding the Guard.
99th Regt:
Ensign C. LEIGH
Corporal CULLUM
Corporal ARMSTRONG
Private BAWN
Private BROADHEAD
Private BROADBENT
Private BAUNAN
Private BERNE
Private MONAGHAN
Private PEARCE
Private RUTHERFOORD
Private TAYLOR
Private WARD
Private YARDLEY
Private MOORE
Drummer ARMSTRONG
Mrs. MULVANEY.

Names of those who were lost on the 28th August:
Serjeant SMITH, Mrs. SMITH and three children.
Corporal MULVANEY and one child.
Corporal MADDEN
Private NESTOR, Mrs. NESTOR and one child.
Private GREENLESS, Mrs. GREENLESS and three children.
Private AHERN
Private MUIR
Private ASKEY
Private BARNACLE
Private BYRNE
Private BEAUMONT
Private REYNOLDS
Private VINCENT
Private WARBURTON
Private WHITMORE
Also Mrs. ARMSTRONG and five children.
All the lost belonging to the 99th Regt.

Total Saved: 1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 2 Corporals, 1 Drummer, 12 Privates and 1 Woman.
Total Lost: 1 Serjeant, 2 Corporals, 12 Privates, 4 Women and 13 Children.
Capt. AGER, the Master of the Waterloo, was saved; also Mr. JACKSON, Chief Mate; Mr. GUNNER, 2nd do; Mr. GILL, 3rd do; and fifteen of the crew.
The boatswain, Mr. CHIVERTON, was lost; also the sailmaker, the carpenter and 11 of the crew.
Charles Stanisforth HEXT, Lt.
4th “The King’s Own” Regt.

List of the Convicts received in Cape Town Prison from the wreck of the Waterloo, 2nd September 1842.
1. Stephen PARKER
2. Joseph HERNSHAW
3. David JONES
4. John JONES
5. William JOHNSON
6. William DODSWELL
7. John MARTIN
8. Robert STEWART
9. William WILLIAMS
10. James BROWN
11. William HENRY
12. Leslie CLARK
13. Henry HUNT
14. Richard BAKER
15. Edward MOORE
16. Joseph SLAWSON
17. Edward CAPSTACK
18. William SMITH
19. Joseph DARBISHIRE
20. Charles CARTWRIGHT
21. William CARTER
22. William SIMPSON
23. Frederick HUDSON
24. Frederick CHESHIRE
25. William HESKETH
26. Charles DAVIS
27. James HARVEY
28. Thomas William WEETMAN
29. William BREKHAM
30. John HARRIS
31. Edward ALEXANDER
32. William JONES
33. Thomas ASHWORTH
34. Thomas SQUIRES
35. Iven HARDWICKE
36. William GARDNER
37. John WINTERBURN
38. William CLARKE
39. William SINDEN
40. William KINGGATE
41. Thomas RODGERS
42. James MARFILE
43. John DAVIS
44. John COLLENS
45. Joseph DARWEN
46. William WATKINS
47. Thomas TAYLOR
48. John GARNER
49. John CLARKE
50. Thomas STANDING
51. James WATKISON
52. John SMITH
53. John BEAUMONT
54. Henry SUTTON
55. James GREEN
56. John JOHNSTONE
57. John WILLIAMS
58. William FRENCH
59. Daniel BURNS
60. William MOOBAY
61. Thomas HILL
62. Thomas MILES
63. Robert NIXON
64. John WILLIAMS
65. John CLIFFORD
66. Alexander SMITH
67. John GILBERT
68. William ROBERTSHAW
69. Mathew COWLEY
70. William TIPPIN
71. John ROBERTS
72. John THOMAS
73. William COLLINS
74. James WILKES
75. John ASTBURY
76. Wm. RICHARDS