List of shipwrecks in May 1832

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

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1 May

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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