# List of shipwrecks in January 1832

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

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William the Fourth | United Kingdom | The ship departed from São Miguel for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Sligo. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Sligo. |
| Selvstandigkert | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Bergen and Trondheim. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Trondheim. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Telemachus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Riga, Russia. |

### 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Gem ( France). Ida was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Île à Vache, Haiti. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| New Diligence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George Canning | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near the Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Savannah, Georgia. George Canning was refloated on 31 January and beached near Absecon, New Jersey. |
| Richmond | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mediterranean | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered whilst on a voyage from Galway to Cork. Her crew were rescued. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louisiana | British North America | The ship was wrecked off West Point Island, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Majestic | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off Saint Domingue. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| New Betsey | France | The ship was wrecked on the Group Rocks, in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by James ( United Kingdom). |
| Thane of Fife | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Banff, Aberdeenshire to London. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chester | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Dreswick Point, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Douglas, Isle of Man. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from London to Ostend. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mackay | Antigua | The mailboat was wrecked at Nevis. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argosy | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Ortegal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire. Enterprize was refloated on 25 January and taken in to Hull. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | British North America | The brig was driven ashore at Bakers Island, Massachusetts, United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated in mid-February. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galway to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friendship | United States | The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jérémie, Haiti to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. |
| Johns | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. All on board were rescued. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Bergen, Norway. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mentor | Jamaica | The ship capsized off the coast of Jamaica. All on board survived. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Snipe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the "Northern Triangles", British Honduras. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to London. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Cassandra | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was towed in to Port Ellen, Islay on 2 February. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on one of the Cranberry Isles, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Galway to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Hoffnung | Russia | The ship was sunk by ice in the Zuiderzee. She was on a voyage from Riga to "Laandam", Netherlands. |
| Hudson | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bengal, India to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Union | Norway | The ship sprang a leak and foundered whilst on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain to Bergen. Her crew were rescued. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from London to Limerick |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bittern | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked east of Dunfanaghy, County Donegal with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Kilrush, County Antrim and Dublin. |
| Maria Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Waterford for Padstow, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Anderby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 31 January. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Foreness Point, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bangor to London. |
| Karen Wilhelmina | Denmark | The ship was abandoned in the Kattegat off Fredrikshavn. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Nyborg. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas and Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariadne | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a French port. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaretta | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Uddevalla, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Lübeck. |
| Royal Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from the Charente to London and Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Schouwen, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Hoy, Orkney Islands. |
| Scipio | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Tory Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Limerick to the Clyde. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bittern | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Sheephead", County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from São Miguel to London. |
| Greyhound | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on "Goree Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| John Gilmore | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Excellent ( United Kingdom). |
| Lise | France | The ship departed from Bordeaux, Gironde for Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brion Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Lower Canada before 15 January. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |
| Windermere | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea whilst on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool. |