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