List of shipwrecks in April 1832

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

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1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1832
Ship State Description
War Hawk  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Jersey, Channel Islands.[1]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1832
Ship State Description
Bellona  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Cartena" on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Odessa.[2][3]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1832
Ship State Description
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barrington, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[4]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1832
Ship State Description
Pallas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Höganäs, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. Prussia.[5]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1832
Ship State Description
Zyllah  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off the Formigas, Western Islands, and was consequently abandoned the next day. Morley ( United Kingdom) rescued Zyllah's crew; she was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Saint Domingue.[2][6]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1832
Ship State Description
Champion  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was later refloated.[5]
Huna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was later refloated.[5]
Lord Suffield  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Hull to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[5]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was later refloated.[5]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1832
Ship State Description
Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from London to Sligo.[5]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1832
Ship State Description
Experiment  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore three leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[5] Forty-five passengers survived.[7]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1832
Ship State Description
Wanderer  United States The ship capsized at Galway, United Kingdom. She was declared a total loss.[3]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1832
Ship State Description
Bellick Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballina, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballina.[5][8]
Ida  France The ship was wrecked near Dénia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[3]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1832
Ship State Description
Brisk  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Wallis Island.[9][10][11]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1832
Ship State Description
Fowey  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Economy ( United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Jane  United Kingdom The sloop capsized off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of one of her two crew. The survivor was rescued by Fame ( United Kingdom).[12]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1832
Ship State Description
Peggy  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Arbroath. Peggy was refloated the next day and taken in to Arbroathn[13] where she was subsequently wrecked on 17 November.[14]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1832
Ship State Description
Constitution  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ireland. All on board, over 200 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to a North American port.[12]
Foundling  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mizen Head, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[3][13][15]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Killala Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2][3]
Royal Recovery  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and foundered off the Smalls Lighthouse. All on board were rescued by London ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[6][16]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1832
Ship State Description
Romford  United States The barque wran aground on the Burrow of Ballyteague, off the coast of County Galway, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[2][17]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1832
Ship State Description
Fanny  Kingdom of Hanover The ship was wrecked on Borkum with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Emden.[18]
Mary Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bremen.[3][19]
Nereid  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Egerness Point, Wigtownshire. All on board were rescued.[17]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1832
Ship State Description
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rostock to London.[3][19]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1832
Ship State Description
Augusta  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Prussia to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[3]
Queen Charlotte  United Kingdom Six weeks into a whaling voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, the brig was sighted for the last time. She subsequently disappeared without trace.[20][21][22]
Resolution  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire.[3]
Shannon  United Kingdom The whaler struck an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nineteen of her 45 crew. The survivors were rescued by Hoalfesken and Navigation (both  Denmark), but seven of them subsequently died.[23][24]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1832
Ship State Description
Augusta  United Kingdom The ship struck the Whilme Sand, in The Wash and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[25]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1832
Ship State Description
Lively  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at North Meols, Lancashire with the loss of one of her crew.[26]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1832
Ship State Description
Mary Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was lost on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.[12]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1832
Ship State Description
Fancy  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Chester, Cheshire.[27]
Friend's Adventure  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock at South Shields, County Durham and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields.
Mars  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew Survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Brixham, Devon.[27][28][29]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1832
Ship State Description
Briton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Islay, Inner Hebrides.[30]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Fanning Island before 28 April.[31]
Jean François  France The ship was abandoned before 10 April. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Guadeloupe.[1]
Mobile  United States The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Havana, Cuba.[1]

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