List of shipwrecks in May 1832

The list of shipwrecks in May 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1832.

1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1832
Ship State Description
Sugnal   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Eastport, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[1]

2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1832
Ship State Description
Rose   United Kingdom The ship was lost off Tory Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1832
Ship State Description
Carolus Magnus   Stettin The ship was wrecked on "Lodersand". She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Stettin.[3][4]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1832
Ship State Description
George   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Domesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Opsray   Denmark The brig was wrecked on Asparagus Island, off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg.[6][7]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1832
Ship State Description
Mary   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near "Portraeth", Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Thomas Baker   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[9]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1832
Ship State Description
Harmony   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[9]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1832
Ship State Description
Jonge Heere   Bremen The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen. Jong Heere was refloated on 10 August and taken to Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands.[10]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1832
Ship State Description
Alert   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[11]
Erbgrossherzog   Rostock The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Warnemünde. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rostock.[12]
Douglas   France The ship was driven ashore near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to a Baltic port.[13]

Woodhall
  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg.[14][15][16]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1832
Ship State Description
Asia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Warnemünde, Rostock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lübeck.[14][17]
Cholmondley   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sewerby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[12][18]
Johanna   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Randers, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Randers.[5]

12 May

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List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1832
Ship State Description
Charlotta   Jamaica The cutter was wrecked on the Ship Rock.[19]
Ingersburg Elizabeth   Russia The ship was wrecked in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[20]
Po   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Ramsgate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[21]
Sarah   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[19]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1832
Ship State Description
Wellington   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Rozier, British North America. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[22]

16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1832
Ship State Description
Conveyance   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Brora, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued[5]
Fingal   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eastport, Maine, United States.[23]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1832
Ship State Description
Only Son   British North America The ship was wrecked on Deer Island, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[23][24]
Traveller   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[20]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1832
Ship State Description
Indian Chief   United States The ship was driven ashore at Eastport, Maine. She was refloated but was declared a total loss.[23]
Susan   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Eastport.[23]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1832
Ship State Description
Claremont   United Kingdom The ship was lost in ice off Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew survived.[23]
Cousins   United Kingdom The ship was lost in ice of Cape St. Francis. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[23]
Recruit   United Kingdom The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America for Jamaica. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Sir J. Kemp   United Kingdom The ship was lost in ice off Cape St. Francis. Her crew were rescued by the brig Jantha (  United Kingdom).[23]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1832
Ship State Description
Emanuel   Norway The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Norwegian port.[21]
Jonge Eere   Bremen The ship was wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands in early May. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bremen.[20]
Louise   Belgium The ship foundered between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Friesland.[20]
Tiber   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Point Arena, Alta California in late May with the loss of all but three of her crew.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 1100. 1 June 1832.
  2. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14845. London. 7 May 1832. col D, p. 6.
  3. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 19580. 29 May 1832.
  4. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 19179. 29 May 1832.
  5. ^ a b c "Ship News". The Times. No. 14865. London. 30 May 1832. col F, p. 1.
  6. ^ "From Lloyd's List – May 8". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17285. 12 May 1832.
  7. ^ "(untitled)". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal. No. 1507. 12 May 1832.
  8. ^ "Wreck". The North Wales Chronicle. No. 252. 15 May 1832.
  9. ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – May 29". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17294. 2 June 1832.
  10. ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2492. 21 August 1832.
  11. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2480. 29 May 1832.
  12. ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – May 15". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17288. 19 May 1832.
  13. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14859. London. 23 May 1832. col E, p. 6.
  14. ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8209. 26 May 1832.
  15. ^ "Latest News". Dundee Courier. No. 7103. Dundee. 1 May 1876.
  16. ^ "Remarkable Recovery of Cargo from a Wreck". Manchester Times. No. 985. Manchester. 28 October 1876.
  17. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 19174. 23 May 1832.
  18. ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2478. 15 May 1832.
  19. ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – July 10". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17312. 14 July 1832.
  20. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2479. 22 May 1832.
  21. ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 19167. 15 May 1832.
  22. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2487. 17 July 1832.
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  25. ^ "From Lloyd's List – Aug. 28". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17333. 1 September 1832.
  26. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14997. London. 31 October 1832. col E, p. 4.