List of shipwrecks in December 1832
The list of shipwrecks in December 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1832 .
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Camilla
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Conception Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland to Harbour Grace , Newfoundland , British North America .[ 1]
Drie Geschwesters
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Rügen . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Danzig or Stettin .[ 2] [ 3]
Edward and Amelia
British North America
The ship was driven ashore at Horton Bluff , Nova Scotia . She was on a voyage from Digby to Windsor, Nova Scotia .[ 4]
Helena
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire .[ 5]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Hull , Yorkshire for Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 6]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Tynemouth , Northumberland . Her crew were rescued by the brig Royal Union ( United Kingdom . Mary was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to London .[ 7]
Metta Margaretta
Sweden
The ship was spoken with off the coast of England whilst on a voyage from Longsound to London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 8]
Osprey
United States
The ship was wrecked in Chebucto Bay . She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia , British North America to New York .[ 9]
Sir E Codrington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Petit Rivière, Nova Scotia .[ 10]
2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Camilla
British North America
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portugal Cove , Newfoundland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland to Harbour Grace , Newfoundland.[ 11]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near The Needles , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Jersey , Channel Islands .[ 12]
Iona
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America to London .[ 10]
Jeremiah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Glenluce Bay . She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 7]
Mercury
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in Placentia Bay with the loss of two of her crew.[ 13]
Minerva
Bremen
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Newhaven, Sussex . Her crew were rescued.[ 14]
Pennsylvania
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Cape Romain Shoals near Charleston, South Carolina. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 10]
Rosalind
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at L'Isle-aux-Coudres , Lower Canada , British North America .[ 9]
Sir John Beresford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Lower Canada to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 10]
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Cessnock
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore in Glenarm Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newfoundland , British North America .[ 15] She was refloated on 8 December and taken in to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 16]
Faith
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by HMS Conway ( Royal Navy ). Faith was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Exeter, Devon .[ 17]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Jura , Inner Hebrides . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to New York , United States.[ 18] [ 19]
Hoffnung
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked near "Port Verdre", in the Mediterranean.[ 20]
Iphigenia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead , Anglesey . her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Newry , County Antrim .[ 21] [ 22] [ 23]
Snapdragon
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Bridport , Dorset .[ 14]
Sophie
France
The ship was wrecked 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) from Saint-Nazaire , Loire-Inférieure . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba to Saint-Nazaire.[ 24]
Superb
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sligo . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Sligo.[ 15]
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Alexander
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Jutland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Hamburg.[ 25]
Charles Cate
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Rocken End, Isle of Wight with the loss of three of her crew.[ 26]
5 December
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16 December
17 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Coronation
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Wakefield , Yorkshire .[ 40]
Corkrump
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in West Bay. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 36]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off St David's Head , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 47]
Minosse
Austrian Empire
The ship was wrecked near "Marabout", Egypt .[ 39]
Wellington
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Islay , Inner Hebrides . She subsequently drifted off and capsized. Wellington was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 48]
18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Antwerp
Belgium
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Ostend , West Flanders .[ 35]
Beaver
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on rocks off Derbyhaven , Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Fort William , Inverness-shire .[ 49]
Cora
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Duxbury, Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 50]
Scott
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by ice and abandoned at Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America .[ 51]
Severn
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "St. Ann's Head". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Fort William.[ 49]
19 December
20 December
21 December
22 December
23 December
24 December
25 December
26 December
27 December
28 December
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Beaver
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Derbyhaven , Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Fort William , Inverness-shire .[ 63] [ 11]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bondicar Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen .[ 47]
John and Peggy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 64]
Minerva
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Peel, Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Dublin .[ 63] [ 49] Minerva was refloated on 7 January and taken in to Peel.[ 11] [ 54]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The ship was lost at Little Catalina , Newfoundland , British North America . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Harbour Grace , Newfoundland.[ 65]
Severn
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St Ann's Head, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lancaster, Lancashire to Fort William.[ 63] [ 11]
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Tetney, Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk to Wakefield , Yorkshire .[ 6]
Eslington
United Kingdom
The collier , a brig , was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of six lives.[ 46] [ 49] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 34]
Gipsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[ 37]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Metalmain", County Sligo .[ 11]
Sparrow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Howth , County Dublin .[ 11]
30 December
31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off the coast of Cornwall . Her crew were rescued by New Brunswick ( United Kingdom ). Catherine was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Truro , Cornwall.[ 11] [ 66]
Ceres
British North America
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sligo , United Kingdom .[ 11]
Duchess of Somerset
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Padstow , Cornwall.[ 11]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The barque foundered whilst on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued by Flora ( United Kingdom ).[ 11] [ 66] [ 67]
Lady
France
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off La Veille , Finistère with the loss of four of her five crwew. She was on a voyage from Bayonne , Basses-Pyrénées to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 68]
Sophie
France
The ship was wrecked near Saint-Nazaire , Loire-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba to Saint-Nazaire.[ 54]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1832
Ship
State
Description
Adventure
British North America
The ship was wrecked on Mud Island. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia .[ 4]
Agnes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Padstow , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to London .[ 15]
Barbara
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked off Ramsgate , Kent before 23 December.[ 57]
Bayard
France
The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 54]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mazzara del Vallo before 4 December[ 43]
Carolina
Portugal
Liberal Wars : The ship was sunk by shore based artillery at the mouth of the Douro in early December.[ 50]
Caroline
Hamburg
The ship was wrecked at Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil between 18 and 23 December.[ 69]
Comet
The brig was lost east of Bowen , New South Wales (now Queensland ).
Corkrump
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off West Bay, Dorset before 18 December. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth , Devon to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 40]
Elizabeth
The brig was discovered on a Queensland reef in March 1832.
Emerald
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off "Malan" in early December. She was on a voyage from Rivière-du-Loup , Lower Canada , British North America to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 70]
Express
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Greenwich , Kent .[ 25]
Fame
United Kingdom
The sloop was destroyed by fire at Ramelton , County Donegal . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramelton to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 15]
James
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by ice off Farther Point , Lower Canada , British North America. Her crew were rescued by Balmarina ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , British North America to London.[ 45] [ 71]
James and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The sloop departed from the Tyne in early December for Perth . No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 72]
King George Packet
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Robin Hoods Bay , Yorkshire in early December.[ 5]
Lark
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Southerness , Dumfriesshire with the loss of all hands.[ 73]
Lord St. Helens
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in Miramichi Bay .[ 45]
Mangalore
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Aux Cayes , Haiti before 5 December.[ 28]
Mountaineer
United States
The ship was wrecked near Cap-Chat , Lower Canada , British North America before 27 December.[ 74]
Resolution
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Three of her six crew took to a boat and were rescued.[ 21]
Royal Tar
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore near Arklow , County Wicklow .[ 1] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Wicklow .[ 75] Royal Tar was refloated on 5 January 1833.[ 3]
Scott
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in ice in Miramichi Bay.
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Libava , Courland Governorate . She was on a voyage from Danzig , Prussia to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 49]
Truite
France
The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Rosas in early December. She was on a voyage from "Adra" to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 13]
Veare
United Kingdom
The brig struck the Owers Bank, in the English Channel off Selsey Bill , Sussex . Her crew were rescued.[ 42] [ 57]
Vera Cruzaña
Mexico
The ship was wrecked on Anegada de Fuerro. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Tampico .[ 43]
Victoria
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands in late December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Virginia to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 11]
Zwe Gebruder
Russia
The ship was driven ashore at Lisbon , Portugal. She was declared a total loss on 12 December. Zwe Gebruder was on a voyage from Riga to Lisbon.[ 2]
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