The list of shipwrecks in December 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1832.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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 Licerpool, Lancashire. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [27] |
Braganza | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Tavernier, Florida. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida where she was declared a constructive total loss. Braganza was on a voyage from Jamaica to Norfolk, Virginia. [28] |
Ceres | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on a sandbank off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bell | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. [29] |
Hume | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued by Siren ( United Kingdom ). [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esperanza | Portugal | The ship foundered off Cape St. Vincent. She was on a voyage from Faro to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. [31] |
Lowther | United Kingdom | The steamship was lost on the Dudgeon Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Selby, Yorkshire. [8] [16] |
Myrtle | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked between Leven and Methil, Fife. [7] |
Sisters | United Kingdom | The sloop was abandoned in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north north east of Troup Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the brig Blagdon ( United Kingdom ). Sisters was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Aberdeen and Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [29] [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Vrow Margaretta | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dunkerque, Nord, France. [25] [32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emerald | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by ice and was abandoned off "Matan". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. [27] |
James Morgan | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Drogheda, County Louth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [33] |
Redentore | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland. [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Antonius | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Steenort". Her crew were rescued. [25] |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Colchester, Essex for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [34] |
John and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. [35] She was on a voyage from Hull to Emden, Kingdom of Hanover. [36] |
Victoria | Danzig | The ship was wrecked near Ystad, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Danzig. [37] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsies | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Glenelg. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sunderland, County Durham. [38] |
Eliza | Norway | The ship was wrecked near Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Venice. [9] |
Jack Tar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Alexandria, Egypt. She was later refloated and taken in to Alexandria. [39] |
William Booth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Galway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Galway and Liverpool, Lancashire. [40] [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Erindringen | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Trondheim to Barcelona, Spain. [6] |
Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Beccles, Suffolk to Goole, Yorkshire. [42] |
Vrow Gertruda | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked at Malta. [34] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at "Solsvig", near Bergen. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Trieste. [3] |
James Cropper | United States | The ship struck the Five Fathom Bank. She refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Petersburg or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [39] [43] |
Lucy Davidson | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off Tobago. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tobago to London. [44] [45] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by Kent ( United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued by Kent. [38] |
Wharfinger | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by Spy ( United Kingdom ). [46] [40] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Logan | United States | The ship was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire off Bermuda. Her sixteen crew were rescued by Grand Turk Turks Islands. [52] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eloysa | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked near Tönning, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg. [53] |
Esther | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Harrington, Cumberland for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. [27] |
Ganges | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Ostend. Ganges was refloated on 7 January 1833 and taken in to Ostend. [54] |
Gordon Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was cut by ice and wrecked in the Restigouche River, British North America. [55] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barbara | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [56] |
Lark | Dominica | The schooner was wrecked in Manget Bay. [45] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Economy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. [32] |
Ganges | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Ostend. [57] |
Ormrod | United Kingdom | The steamship sank in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Downpatrick, County Down to Liverpool, Lancashire. [48] |
Tweed | British North America | The ship was driven ashore in the Fire Island Inlet. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to New York, United States. [4] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barbarian | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. [58] |
Fortuna | Norway | The ship was wrecked on Agerø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Dram. [59] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cabrito Point, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cádiz, Spain. [60] |
Gipsy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. [61] |
Trusty | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground of the Gristle Bank, in the North Sea. She was holed by her anchor and was consequently beached. Trusty was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. [32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Barrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. [62] |
Carl XI | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Antwerp, Belgium. [62] |
Governor Douglas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Rorken End" with the loss of three of her crew. [32] |
Trusty | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. Trusty was refloated on 9 January 1833 and taken in to Harwich. [54] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hannah | British North America | The ship was driven ashore at Eastport, New York, United States. [4] |
Sophia | Danzig | The ship foundered off Leba. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [34] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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John | Grenada | The sloop was wrecked in Grand Bacotal Bay. [45] |
Nellie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Balmae, Wigtownshire with the loss of all hands. [56] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shamrock | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with Perseverance ( United Kingdom ) in the Firth of Clyde off Lady Isle and foundered. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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] |