List of shipwrecks in May 1832
The list of shipwrecks in May 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1832.
| May 1832 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | 
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date | ||
| References | ||||||
1 May
| Ship | State | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Sugnal |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Eastport, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[1] | 
2 May
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Ship | State | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Indian Chief | .svg.png) 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
| 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
| 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 | .svg.png) 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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- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14845. London. 7 May 1832. col D, p. 6.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 19580. 29 May 1832.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 19179. 29 May 1832.
- ^ a b c "Ship News". The Times. No. 14865. London. 30 May 1832. col F, p. 1.
- ^ "From Lloyd's List – May 8". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17285. 12 May 1832.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal. No. 1507. 12 May 1832.
- ^ "Wreck". The North Wales Chronicle. No. 252. 15 May 1832.
- ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – May 29". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17294. 2 June 1832.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2492. 21 August 1832.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2480. 29 May 1832.
- ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – May 15". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17288. 19 May 1832.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14859. London. 23 May 1832. col E, p. 6.
- ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc. No. 8209. 26 May 1832.
- ^ "Latest News". Dundee Courier. No. 7103. Dundee. 1 May 1876.
- ^ "Remarkable Recovery of Cargo from a Wreck". Manchester Times. No. 985. Manchester. 28 October 1876.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 19174. 23 May 1832.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2478. 15 May 1832.
- ^ a b "From Lloyd's List – July 10". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17312. 14 July 1832.
- ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2479. 22 May 1832.
- ^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 19167. 15 May 1832.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. No. 2487. 17 July 1832.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ship News". The Times. No. 14892. London. 30 June 1832. col F, p. 6.
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle. No. 19606. 28 June 1832.
- ^ "From Lloyd's List – Aug. 28". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17333. 1 September 1832.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14997. London. 31 October 1832. col E, p. 4.