List of shipwrecks in August 1832

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

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August 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
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2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Centinelle	Portugal	The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Macao.[1]
Cornwallis	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Canton, China.[1]
Java	United States	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 ( United Kingdom). Java was on a voyage from "Capshing Moon" to Macao.[2]
Gabrielle	Mexico	The brig was driven ashore in a hurricane at Canton.[1]
Liffey	United Kingdom	The dispatch boat was lost in a hurricane at Lintin Island, China.[1]
Petrel	United Kingdom	The dispatch boat was lost in a hurricane at Lintin Island.[1]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Yarmouth	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to New York, United States.[3]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Delaford	United Kingdom	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]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Alcyope	United Kingdom	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]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Peggy	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Arbroath, Forfarshire. All on board were rescued.[5]
Saint Patrick	United Kingdom	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]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Leonidas	United Kingdom	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]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Erato	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Havanna	British North America	The brig was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (26°18′N 72°30′W). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Quebec City, Lower Canada.[10][11]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	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]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Cygnet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[13]
Hopewell	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Hansley Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland.[14]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Agnes	United Kingdom	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]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Flora	United Kingdom	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]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Johanna	Stettin	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	United Kingdom	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]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Caledonia	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Gaspé.[20][21]
Dispatch	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bridport, Dorset.[19][22]
Providence	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Platter Rocks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey and sank. Her crew were rescued.[23]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Confidence	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Swansea, Glamorgan.[22]
Vane	United Kingdom	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]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1832

Ship	State	Description
Little Primrose	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned off Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Prussia to London.[25]
Susan	British North America	The ship was driven ashore on Wreck Reef, off the coast of Jamaica between 28 and 31 August during a hurricane.[26]