The list of shipwrecks in August 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1832.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Centinelle | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Macao. [1] | |
| Cornwallis | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Canton, China. [1] | |
| Java | The ship foundered in a hurricane off "Capshing Moon", China with the loss of eleven of the 55 people om board. Survivors were rescued by Spartan ( | |
| Gabrielle | The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Canton. [1] | |
| Liffey | The dispatch boat was lost in a hurricane at Lintin Island, China. [1] | |
| Petrel | The dispatch boat was lost in a hurricane at Lintin Island. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth | The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States. [3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delaford | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dundrum, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alcyope | The ship was wrecked off Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Arbroath, Forfarshire. All on board were rescued. [5] | |
| Saint Patrick | The smack capsized and sank off the Isle of Arran with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Portrush, County Antrim. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leonidas | The transport ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec City, Lower Canada. [7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Erato | The ship was wrecked north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. [8] | |
| George and Thomas | The ship was wrecked on Langley Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Barbados, to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Havanna | | The brig was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean ( 26°18′N72°30′W / 26.300°N 72.500°W ). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Quebec City, Lower Canada. [10] [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | The ship was in collision with another vessel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cygnet | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. [13] | |
| Hopewell | The ship was wrecked on the Hansley Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. [14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes | The ship was lost in Cockburn Sound. Her crew were rescued. [15] She was on a voyage from London to the Swan River Colony. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flora | The ship was driven ashore on the south west coast of Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America and wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Padstow, Cornwall. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johanna | | The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [18] |
| Vane | The collier, a brig, was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. [8] [19] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Gaspé. [20] [21] | |
| Dispatch | The ship was wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bridport, Dorset. [19] [22] | |
| Providence | The ship ran aground on the Platter Rocks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey and sank. Her crew were rescued. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Confidence | The ship was wrecked near St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charlestown, Cornwall. [24] | |
| Osiris | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire. [22] | |
| Ugie | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Swansea, Glamorgan. [22] | |
| Vane | The ship was driven on to the Cherton Sand, in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. [22] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Primrose | The ship was abandoned off Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Prussia to London. [25] | |
| Susan | | The ship was driven ashore on Wreck Reef, off the coast of Jamaica between 28 and 31 August during a hurricane. [26] |