The list of shipwrecks in May 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1832.
| May 1832 | ||||||
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 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 | ||
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sugnal | The ship was wrecked at Eastport, Maine. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rose | The ship was lost off Tory Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George | The ship was wrecked near Domesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued. [5] | |
| Opsray | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near "Portraeth", Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. [8] | |
| Thomas Baker | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 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 | | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Warnemünde. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rostock. [12] |
| Douglas | 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 | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | 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 | 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 | The ship was wrecked near Randers, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Randers. [5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotta | | The cutter was wrecked on the Ship Rock. [19] |
| Ingersburg Elizabeth | 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 | The ship was wrecked near Ramsgate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [21] | |
| Sarah | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 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] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conveyance | The ship was wrecked at Brora, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued [5] | |
| Fingal | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eastport, Maine, United States. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Only Son | | 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 | The sloop was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. [20] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Chief | The ship was driven ashore at Eastport, Maine. She was refloated but was declared a total loss. [23] | |
| Susan | The brig was wrecked at Eastport. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Claremont | The ship was lost in ice off Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew survived. [23] | |
| Cousins | 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 | 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 | The ship was lost in ice off Cape St. Francis. Her crew were rescued by the brig Jantha ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emanuel | 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 | | 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 | The ship foundered between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Friesland. [20] | |
| Tiber | 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] |