List of shipwrecks in 1932

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The list of shipwrecks in 1932 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1932.

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January[edit]

1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1932
Ship State Description
Minas  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Fleves. The crew abandoned ship.[1]

2 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1932
Ship State Description
Eirini Kyriakades  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[2] She was refloated on 15 January.[3]
Raylight  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Ayr.[4] She was refloated on 6 January.[5]
Tamaho Maru  Japan The cargo ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (49°30′N 179°30′W / 49.500°N 179.500°W / 49.500; -179.500).[2] She was sighted at approximately that position on 19 January and a salvage operation was instigated.[6] No trace of the vessel was found and she was presumed to have foundered.[7]

4 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1932
Ship State Description
Teresa Schiaffino  Italy The cargo ship ran aground at the eastern entrance to the Corinth Canal.[2] She was refloated on 10 January.[8]

5 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1932
Ship State Description
Kaala  United States The ferry ran aground on Molokai, Hawaii. She was declared a constructive total loss.[9]

6 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1932
Ship State Description
Cader Idris  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank in the Thames Estuary 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Southend Pier, Essex.[5]
Sorriso  Italy The cargo ship ran aground at Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany.[9] She was refloated on 22 January.[10]
Stanley Margetts  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank in the Thames Estuary 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Southend Pier.[5]

7 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1932
Ship State Description
Breeze  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Christchurch, New Zealand. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.[9]

8 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1932
Ship State Description
Theseus  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Kara Point, Greece.[11] She was refloated on 17 January.[3]

10 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1932
Ship State Description
Mango  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Selsey Bill, Sussex. All nine crew were rescued by the Selsey Lifeboat.[12] She was refloated on 25 January.[10]
Vicuna  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank in the North Sea off Reculver, Kent. All three crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat.[12]

11 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1932
Ship State Description
I. Ping  United States The cargo ship ran aground on the Mopanshin Rocks, East China Sea and capsized.[8] She was refloated on 24 February.[13]
Prionus  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Tenedos, Turkey.[14] She was refloated on 19 January.[15]

12 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1932
Ship State Description
Rubis  France The auxiliary schooner was wrecked at Europa Point, Gibraltar. The crew were rescued.[14]
Silva  Sweden The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grenå, Denmark.[14]

14 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1932
Ship State Description
Camlough  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire and sank. Eight survivors were rescued by the Portpatrick Lifeboat.[16]

15 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1932
Ship State Description
Conqueror  United Kingdom The Thames barge sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Thames Estuary 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Southend Pier, Essex. Both crew were rescued by the Southend Lifeboat.[17]
Kowa Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea off Balabac Island, Philippines.[18] The crew were taken off by Victoria Maru ( Japan) on 18 January.[19]
Svanur  Iceland The auxiliary sailing vessel came ashore at Snæfellsnes.[15] She was a total loss.[20]

19 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1932
Ship State Description
Evergunar  Latvia The cargo ship lost her tow and was driven ashore at Somnes, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway with the loss of four crew. Survivors were rescued by Jason ( Norway). Evergunar was a total loss.[15][21]

20 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1932
Ship State Description
Notre Dame de Chatelet  France The auxiliary schooner sank at Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine.[22]

21 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1932
Ship State Description
Glenaan  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of Arran, Ayrshire. All ten crew survived.[23]
Maryolio V. Polemis  Greece The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached at Vatika.[24] She was refloated on 5 February.[25]
Mary  Denmark The auxiliary schooner collided with Kong Ring ( Norway) at Hamburg, Germany and sank. The crew were rescued.[23]
Nikos Marcou  Denmark The cargo ship ran aground in the Little Belt.[24] She was refloated on 25 January.[26]
Yu Chang  Republic of China Navy The destroyer was wrecked at Nantung Chao, China. Her wreck was salvaged and scrapped.[27]

22 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1932
Ship State Description
HMS Rainbow  Royal Navy The Rainbow-class submarine ran aground in the English Channel off Ventnor, Isle of Wight. She was refloated later that day.[28]

23 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1932
Ship State Description
Hazel B No. 2  United States While out of the water on a slipway for the winter at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, the 135-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire.[29]
Mildred Adams  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. The crew were rescued.[30]

26 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1932
Ship State Description
HMS M2  Royal Navy The M-class submarine sank in West Bay, Dorset (50°34′36″N 2°33′56″W / 50.57667°N 2.56556°W / 50.57667; -2.56556) with the loss of all 60 crew.
Wanda  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Euboea.[31] She was refloated on 30 January.[32]

27 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1932
Ship State Description
Venustas  Italy The cargo ship ran aground at Kerch, Soviet Union.[33] She was refloated on 12 February.[34]
Sea Lion II  United States An hour after striking a submerged object and beginning to flood during a voyage from Foggy Bay to Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, the 18-gross register ton, 43.8-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Point Alava (55°11′30″N 131°11′00″W / 55.19167°N 131.18333°W / 55.19167; -131.18333 (Point Alava)) in Southeast Alaska. Her owner and captain, who was the only person aboard, abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.[35]

28 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1932
Ship State Description
Wiltshire  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the Thames barge Valkyrie in the River Thames at Southwark and was beached. She was refloated later that day.[36]

29 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1932
Ship State Description
Cotabato  United States The cargo ship came ashore on the east coast of Samar, Philippines and was a total loss.[37]
Santa Ursula Spain The coaster caught fire 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Fuencaliente de La Palma, Canary Islands and was abandoned by her crew.[37] She was towed to Tazacorte by San Miguel ( Spain) but subsequently sank.[38]

30 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1932
Ship State Description
President Roosevelt  United States The ocean liner was rammed by Roma ( Italy) at New York and was severely damaged.[38]

February[edit]

3 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1932
Ship State Description
Endicott  United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Dry Tortugas.[39] She was refloated on 6 February.[40]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1932
Ship State Description
Lakewood  United States The 9-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire caused by a leaking gasoline tank while she was at her moorings in Thomas Basin at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[41]

5 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1932
Ship State Description
Antartico  Chile The cargo ship collided with Yero Carras ( Chile) off Magallanes and sank. The crew were rescued.[40]
Eleanor Nickerson  United States The schooner collided with Jean Jadot ( Belgium) in the Atlantic Ocean (43°05′N 63°45′W / 43.083°N 63.750°W / 43.083; -63.750) and sank with the loss of 21 of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by Jean Jadot.[25]
Ingerid  United Kingdom The coaster was sunk at Saint-Denis, Réunion in a cyclone.[42]
John Bayly  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Specialist ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Blackwall, London and sank. All three crew were rescued.[25] She was refloated the next day.[40]
Larnie B. Shaw  United States The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey with the loss of seven crew.[43]
Linaria  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Denis, Réunion in a cyclone.[42] She was refloated on 10 February.[44]

6 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1932
Ship State Description
Ginzan Maru  Japan The coaster sank at Hakodate.[40]
Kostis  Greece The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kerch, Soviet Union.[45] She was abandoned on 11 February as a total loss.[34]

8 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1932
Ship State Description
USS Whipple  United States Navy The Clemson-class destroyer collided with Rosalie Moller ( United Kingdom) in the Yangtze at Shanghai, China and was severely damaged.[46]

10 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1932
Ship State Description
E. Rose  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington, Devon.[47] She was refloated on 23 February.[48]

11 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1932
Ship State Description
Pytheas  Greece The cargo ship came ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) north west of Eupatoria Point, Soviet Union.[49] She was refloated on 24 March.[50]

12 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1932
Ship State Description
Olivia  Venezuela The cargo ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew.[34]

14 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1932
Ship State Description
Hayo Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Bunbury, Western Australia. She was refloated on 22 February.[51][52]
Isleworth  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Maleas, Greece.[53] She was refloated on 22 February.[54]
Mary L  United States While at anchor in the harbor at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, in a strong wind with no one aboard, the 8-gross register ton motor vessel dragged her anchor and was blown ashore on the coast of Southeast Alaska within 0.5 miles (0.8 km) of Wrangell. She then broke up in the surf.[55]

15 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1932
Ship State Description
Evanghelos Nomikos  Greece The cargo ship struck rocks at Iğneada, Turkey and was beached.[56] She was refloated later that day.[57]
Italia  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground off Gandia, Valencia, Spain.[56] She was refloated on 13 April.[58]

16 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1932
Ship State Description
Sakaye Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Wakkanai, Hokkaidō.[59] She was refloated on 23 February.[60]

18 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1932
Ship State Description
Seestern  Germany The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Ethiopian ( United Kingdom) in the Weser and was beached. The crew were rescued.[61]

20 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1932
Ship State Description
Titan flag unknown The dredger capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (35°39′N 8°29′W / 35.650°N 8.483°W / 35.650; -8.483). The crew were rescued by Schelde ( Netherlands).[7]

21 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1932
Ship State Description
America First  United States During a voyage from Taku Harbor in Southeast Alaska to Juneau, Territory of Alaska, the 36-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) outside Stockade Point (58°03′30″N 134°01′45″W / 58.05833°N 134.02917°W / 58.05833; -134.02917 (Stockade Point)) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a small boat and was rescued by the vessel Moira ( United States).[62]
Mary Jones  United Kingdom The three-masted auxiliary schooner foundered in the North Sea off the Essex coast. The crew were rescued by Foam Queen ( United Kingdom).[7]

22 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1932
Ship State Description
Northern Firth  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on Brush Island, New South Wales, Australia and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[52] She broke up in March and was a total loss.[63]

23 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1932
Ship State Description
Cecil  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Lady Martin ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Shadwell and sank.[48] She was raised the next day.[13]

24 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1932
Ship State Description
Stylianos Coutsodontis  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Galata, Cyprus.[13] She was refloated on 29 February.[64]

27 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1932
Ship State Description
Seitoku Maru  Japan The cargo ship came ashore at Amichishima, Miyagi Prefecture.[65] She was refloated on 6 March.[66]

28 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1932
Ship State Description
Castle Galleon  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Hemsby, Norfolk. Eleven of her thirteen crew were taken off by rocket apparatus.[67] The remaining two crew were taken off on 29 February.[60]
George W. Elzey Jr.  United States The schooner collided with USCGC Acushnet ( United States Coast Guard) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cross Rip Lightship ( United States Coast Guard) and sank. The crew were rescued.[60]

29 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1932
Ship State Description
Agnes Seed  United Kingdom The tug suffered an explosion and sank at the Harrington Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of one of her five crew.[68] She was raised on 2 March and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[65]
Trinidad Sanchez  Dominican Republic The schooner collided with Emilia ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Arecibo, Puerto Rico and sank with the loss of one crew member.[64]

March[edit]

1 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1932
Ship State Description
Johsa  Norway The cargo ship caught fire at Porsgrunn, Norway and was a total loss.[65]
Yakumo Maru  Japan The Imperial Japanese Army-chartered cargo ship collided with Kinryo Maru ( Japan) at Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū and was beached. Refloated sometime in March, repaired and returned to service.[64][69]

2 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1932
Ship State Description
Eusebia del Valle Spain The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by St Ambroise ( France). Eusebia del Valle subsequently sank (approximately 47°55′N 6°17′W / 47.917°N 6.283°W / 47.917; -6.283).[65][70]
T.F.C.  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Westland ( Netherlands) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beached.[65]

4 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1932
Ship State Description
Ocklinge  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on The Manacles.[71] She was declared a constructive total loss and salvage efforts were abandoned on 9 March.[72]

5 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1931
Ship State Description
Deepwater  United States The barge, towed by Mars ( United States), was anchored in the Atlantic Ocean when Mars had difficulties and was never seen again. Lost with all five hands.[73]

6 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1932
Ship State Description
Firelight  United Kingdom The coaster collided with USCGC Eagle ( United States Coast Guard) in the Atlantic Ocean (40°53′N 70°55′W / 40.883°N 70.917°W / 40.883; -70.917) and sank. All eight crew were rescued.[66]
Spring  United States The barge, towed by Lenape ( United States), sprung a leak in a heavy Gale with thick snow and heavy seas south west of the McCries Shoals gas Light. Lenape cut her loose and went back to help her, but was unable to locate her in the snowstorm and she was never seen again. Lost with all four hands.[74]

7 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1932
Ship State Description
Takasago Maru  Japan The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Yellow Sea off the west coast of Korea. All crew were rescued.[66]
Verona  Norway The cargo ship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay.[66] She was refloated on 14 March.[75]

8 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1932
Ship State Description
H. F de Bardeleben  United States The collier lost her rudder in a storm in the Atlantic Ocean off Rhode Island.[76] She was abandoned in the early hours of 10 March (39°36′N 58°55′W / 39.600°N 58.917°W / 39.600; -58.917). All 34 crew were rescued by Laganbank ( United Kingdom).[77][78] She foundered later that day at 39°32′N 58°30′W / 39.533°N 58.500°W / 39.533; -58.500.[79]

9 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1932
Ship State Description
Latvis  Latvia The cargo ship was damaged by ice 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Riga and was abandoned by her crew.[63] She was later reboarded and was assisted into Riga by an icebreaker.[80]

12 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1932
Ship State Description
Arthur Kunstmann  Germany The cargo ship came ashore north of Florø, Norway (61°45′N 5°06′E / 61.750°N 5.100°E / 61.750; 5.100).[81] She was refloated on 17 March.[82]
Reindeer I  United Kingdom The salvage vessel sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (43°43′N 63°00′W / 43.717°N 63.000°W / 43.717; -63.000). She was abandoned by her 30 crew, who were rescued by Montcalm ( United Kingdom).
Unidentified schooner barge  United States The schooner barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York. An unidentified 300-to-330-foot (91.4 to 100.6 m) wreck in 95 feet (29 m) of water 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) southwest of Jones Inlet nicknamed "Asfalto" may be her.[83]

13 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1932
Ship State Description
Prince David  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground on a reef north of Bermuda. The passengers, and all except three crew, were taken off by Lady Somers ( United Kingdom).[84] She was refloated on 26 April.[85]
Venezia  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Sui-Tai ( United Kingdom) at Hong Kong and was beached.[81] She was refloated the next day and dry docked for repairs.[86]

14 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1932
Ship State Description
Irene  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Rørvik, Norway and was beached.[86] She was refloated on 19 March.[87]

16 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1932
Ship State Description
Gansfjord  Norway The cargo ship ran aground 37 nautical miles (69 km) west of Puerto México, Veracruz, Mexico.[82] She was refloated in April, arriving at Mobile, Alabama on 11 April.[88]

22 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1932
Ship State Description
Leandros  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of the entrance to the Bosporus.[89] She was refloated on 7 April.[90]

24 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1932
Ship State Description
Eva  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Fravis ( United Kingdom) at Hayling Island, Hampshire and sank.[91]

25 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1932
Ship State Description
Providence  France The ocean liner ran aground at Cape Niger, Imbros, Turkey.[92] She was refloated on 13 May.[93]

27 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1932
Ship State Description
Rona  United Kingdom The tug sank at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[50]

29 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1932
Ship State Description
Rhea  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground between Gonaïves and Saint-Marc, Haiti.[94] She was refloated on 1 April.[95]

30 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1932
Ship State Description
Luna  United States After the 19-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire due to an explosion that occurred when her crew lit her galley stove, her crew beached her on Osten Island (55°24′45″N 131°19′28″W / 55.41250°N 131.32444°W / 55.41250; -131.32444 (Osten Island)) in Southeast Alaska, where she burned to the waterline, becoming a total loss. Her crew of two survived.[41]

April[edit]

1 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1932
Ship State Description
Salem  United States The barge sank while being towed by Nassau ( United States) off Brigantine, New Jersey in heavy seas and strong wind. Her captain and both crewmen left her in a lifeboat, but were never seen again.[96]

2 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1932
Ship State Description
Cieszyn  Poland The cargo ship ran aground at Utö, Finland.[97] She was refloated on 6 April.[90]

3 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1932
Ship State Description
Tahsien flag unknown The cargo ship ran aground on Alceste Rock, Cape Shautung, China.[98] She was abandoned on 7 April as a total loss.[99]

6 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1932
Ship State Description
Haiching  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck rocks at White Dogs Island and was beached at Fuzhou, China.[100]

7 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1932
Ship State Description
Chepstow Castle  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Toward Point, Argyllshire.[99] She was refloated on 20 April.[101]
Sea Horse  United Kingdom The tug collided with Foina ( Norway) at Sunderland, Co Durham and sank.[99] She was refloated on 9 April and drydocked for repairs.[102]

9 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1932
Ship State Description
Rio Cabriel Spain The cargo ship was driven ashore at Pedrido, Galicia and was abandoned by her crew.[103] She broke in two and was a total loss.[102]
Rouzic  France The three-masted schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay (45°58′N 8°28′W / 45.967°N 8.467°W / 45.967; -8.467). Of her 29 crew, four were rescued by Carmerata, four by Deerpool (both  United Kingdom) and three by Samnanger ( Norway).[103] Eleven were rescued by Viking ( Denmark) and an unknown number by Trsat ( Yugoslavia).[104]

10 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1932
Ship State Description
Galacum  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point and was beached at Sandown, Isle of Wight.[103] She was refloated the next day.[102]

11 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1932
Ship State Description
City of Mukilteo  United States The passenger ship caught fire and was beached on Whidbey Island, Washington. She was declared a constructive total loss.[58]
Nobis  Germany The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. The crew were rescued.[102]
Pentland Firth  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Scrabster, Caithness. The crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[102]

12 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1932
Ship State Description
Daiboshi Maru No.3  Japan The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Horomushiro.[88]

13 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1932
Ship State Description
Tsiehfa flag unknown The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Bohai Sea off Longkou, China. The crew were rescued.[101]

16 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1932
Ship State Description
Louric flag unknown The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tela, Honduras and was wrecked.[105]

19 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1932
Ship State Description
Maria M. Diacaki  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Syra and was abandoned by her crew. She later refloated herself and was taken in tow by Aghios Nicolaos ( Greece) and beached again.[101] She was refloated on 23 April.[106]
Phoenix  United States The tanker ran aground on the Bahama Banks.[101] She was refloated on 23 April.[106]
Selonija  Latvia The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°56′N 9°31′W / 41.933°N 9.517°W / 41.933; -9.517). All crew were rescued by Kulmerland ( Germany).[107]

20 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1932
Ship State Description
Hougomont  Finland The barque was dismasted in a squall in the Southern Ocean 950 kilometres (590 miles) south of Cape Borda, South Australia. She made port at Semaphore, South Australia, on 8 May 1932 but was deemed beyond economical repair and was scuttled to form a breakwater at Stenhouse Bay, South Australia, on 8 January 1933.

26 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1932
Ship State Description
Sansei Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on the north shore of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[108] She was refloated on 6 May.[109]
Sydfold  Norway The cargo ship ran aground off the south shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada.[110] She was refloated on 2 May.[111]
Wheatfeed  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in the River Bann at Coleraine, County Antrim.[110] She was refloated on 6 May.[109]

27 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1932
Ship State Description
Cymbeline  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground on Anticosti Island, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada.[108] She was refloated on 2 May.[112]

28 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1932
Ship State Description
L and H McDonald  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Freshwater Point, Trepassey, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[113]
Saisho Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Kyushu (approximately 31°N 132°E / 31°N 132°E / 31; 132).[108] She was refloated on 2 May.[114]

29 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1932
Ship State Description
Ikbal  Turkey The cargo ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Port Said, Egypt.[113] She was refloated on 2 May.[114]

30 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1932
Ship State Description
Laplace  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Punti Indio, Argentina.[115] She was refloated on 5 May.[109]

May[edit]

1 May[edit]

2 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1932
Ship State Description
K Hadjipateras  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Ajaccio, Corsica, Italy (42°23′N 8°35′E / 42.383°N 8.583°E / 42.383; 8.583).[114][117] She was declared a total loss on 10 May.[118]
Tyne Maru  Japan The cargo ship collides with Kirin Maru ( Japan) off Cape Shandong, China and sank.[114]

4 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1932
Ship State Description
Haliartus  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Bull Point, Falkland Islands and was wrecked.[112]
Louise B. Marshall  United States The motor schooner was abandoned 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[119]

5 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1932
Ship State Description
Rainbow  United States With no one and no cargo on board, the 8-gross register ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) motor towing vessel broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was wrecked on a rocky shore approximately 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) west of Totem Bay (56°28′N 133°23′W / 56.467°N 133.383°W / 56.467; -133.383 (Totem Bay)) on Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[120]

7 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1932
Ship State Description
Demetrios Pandelis  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Brava, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[121] She was declared a total loss.[118]
Juanito Spain The sailing ship sank at Burela, Lugo.[121]
Mauritania Spain The schooner was rammed and sunk at Las Palmas, Canary Islands by Leon y Castillo ( Spain). The crew were rescued.[121]
New York  United States The passenger ship caught fire at West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York and was a total loss.[122]

8 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1932
Ship State Description
Elim  United Kingdom The coaster came ashore at Clents Point, Isle of Arran, Ayrshire.[121] She capsized the next day and was a total loss.[122]
Essex Friar  United Kingdom ran aground on the Hillekrog Spit, Lolland, Denmark. Refloated on 14 May and taken to Copenhagen where declared a constructive total loss. Subsequently scrapped.[123][124]

11 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1932
Ship State Description
Arez  France The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Bay of Biscay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Ouessant, Finistère. The crew were rescued.[125]
Berengaria  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated an hour later.[126]

12 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1932
Ship State Description
Gauss  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Douro, Oporto, Portugal.[127] She was refloated on 3 June.[128]

14 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1932
Ship State Description
Lochearn  United Kingdom The coaster struck rocks off Tiree, Inner Hebrides and was beached.[129] She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

15 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1932
Ship State Description
Georges Philippar  France The ocean liner caught fire in Gulf of Aden on her maiden voyage. She sank on 19 May with the loss of 54 lives.
Roumelian  United Kingdom The cargo liner collided with Saint Nazaire ( France) in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of The Needles, Isle of Wight.[130] She was beached at Thorness Bay where the four passengers were taken off.[131] She was refloated in late May and towed to London for drydocking.[132]

16 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1932
Ship State Description
Marianna  Greece The cargo ship caught fire off Bender Eregli, Turkey and was beached. The crew were rescued by Kutlu ( Turkey).[133] She was a total loss.[134]
Ventura  United States A fire burned the 13-gross register ton 45.5-foot (13.9 m) motor vessel to the waterline, after which she sank in 144 feet (43.9 m) of water near Juneau, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived, abandoned ship in a skiff, and was rescued by an outboard motorboat.[135]

19 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1932
Ship State Description
Georges Philippar  France The ocean liner sank with the loss of 54 lives due to damage she suffered when she caught fire on 15 May in Gulf of Aden on her maiden voyage.

21 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1932
Ship State Description
City of Charleroy  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Exmouth, Devon.[136] She was refloated on 27 May.[137]

22 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1932
Ship State Description
Perseverance  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Skomer, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. The crew survived.[136]

23 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1932
Ship State Description
Bombay Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy The transport ship caught fire and was beached in the Astrea Channel, China.[138]
Cormorant  Netherlands The motor schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) south west of Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. All four crew were rescued by a fishing vessel from Folkestone.[138][139]

25 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1932
Ship State Description
Antonis  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Maleas, Greece.[132] She was refloated in mid-June, arriving at Piraeus on 11 June.[140]
Canton  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Maldives.[141] She was refloated on 30 May.[142]
Glendevon  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at South Woolwich, London.[141]
Varnes  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Cambridge ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Belvedere, Kent and sank.[141]

26 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1932
Ship State Description
S. B. Hirtle  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, Canada and was abandoned.[132]

27 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1932
Ship State Description
Grecian  United States The 2,827-gross register ton cargo ship collided at night in fog with the passenger ship City of Chattanooga ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Rhode Island and sank south-southeast of Block Island about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Southeast Point in 95 to 100 feet (29 to 30 m) of water at 41°05′N 71°31′W / 41.083°N 71.517°W / 41.083; -71.517 (Grecian) with the loss of three or four (sources disagree) crew members.[137][143][144][145][146]
I. Ling  United States The coaster struck rocks and foundered in the Yangtze 275 nautical miles (509 km) upstream from Yichang, China, with great loss of life.[137][143]

June[edit]

1 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1932
Ship State Description
Wan-Lui  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 40 nautical miles (74 km) downstream of Chongqing, China.[147] She was abandoned on 9 June.[148]

2 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1932
Ship State Description
Caprera  Italy The cargo ship came ashore on the Ilha da Mac, Argentina.[149] She was refloated on 2 August.[150]
Castle Galleon  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Oscar Gorthon ( Sweden) in the North Sea off the Corton Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. The crew survived.[151]

7 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1932
Ship State Description
Genzan Maru  Japan The passenger ship ran aground off Karaginsky Island, Soviet Union and was abandoned by the 300-plus people on board.[152] She sank the next day.[153]

8 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1932
Ship State Description
Teide Spain The cargo liner was wrecked off Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea.[153] Appin ( United Kingdom) rescued 85 passengers and landed them on the island.[148] She was a total loss.[154]

9 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1932
Ship State Description
Choshu Maru  Japan The cargo ship caught fire at Tsurumi and was beached. The crew abandoned ship.[148] She was declared a total loss.[155]

10 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1932
Ship State Description
Sappho  Greece The cargo ship foundered off Berlengas, Portugal. The crew were rescued.[156]

13 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1932
Ship State Description
Maria  Italy The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, United States.[154] She was refloated on 16 June.[157]
Shengking  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground on Chiming Island, 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Wei Hai Wei. Two British torpedo boat destroyers and an Admiralty tug rescued over 350 people.[154] She was refloated on 17 June.[158][159]

14 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1932
Ship State Description
Kumari  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Indian Ocean off Dwarka, India.[160] Six of her 33 crew were lost.[157]

15 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1932
Ship State Description
Artemis  Greece The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Abrolhos Rocks Bahia, Brazil. The crew were rescued by Eastern Prince ( United Kingdom).[160]

17 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1932
Ship State Description
Brazza  France The cargo ship ran aground at Libreville, French Equatorial Africa.[158] She was refloated on 23 June.[161]
Cymbeline  United Kingdom The tanker suffered an onboard explosion, caught fire and sank at Canadian Vickers' drydock in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Twenty-five people were killed and 38 were injured.[162] The ship was a total loss.[163]
Ferndale  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Dellys Rock, 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Algiers, Algeria and broke in two. All 68 crew survived.[158][164]
Olive  United States While beached in a lagoon between Crooked Island and Near Island at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, for painting, the 59-ton motor schooner was destroyed by a fire that apparently started when her gasoline engine backfired. The two crewmen aboard survived.[165]

23 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1932
Ship State Description
Cote Nord  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner came ashore in Shoal Bay, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[166][167]

25 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1932
Ship State Description
Firby  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore in Bradore Bay, Strait of Belle Isle.[168] She was refloated on 4 July.[169]
Oyama Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on the south west coast of Korea, she refloated but was leaking and consequently beached.[167] She was refloated the next day and sailed to Kure for repairs.[170]

27 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1932
Ship State Description
Bore I  Finland The passenger ship ran aground at Rysskar. The passengers were taken off.[170] She was refloated the next day.[171]

29 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1932
Ship State Description
Tanger  Germany The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off the Elbe 3 Lightship ( Germany) and was beached.[172] She was refloated the next day.[173]

July[edit]

1 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1932
Ship State Description
Melbourne  United Kingdom The four-masted barque collided with Seminole ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Fastnet Rock and sank. The crew were rescued by Seminole.[174]

2 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1932
Ship State Description
Eftychia  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy.[175] She was refloated on 24 July.[176]

6 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1932
Ship State Description
Chosun Maru  Japan The passenger ship struck a rock and was beached on the Shandong Peninsula, near Chisato Island, 60 miles (97 km) south of Qingdao, China (36°15′N 121°23′E / 36.250°N 121.383°E / 36.250; 121.383). Kuma ( Imperial Japanese Navy) took off 50 passengers and 131 crew. Chosun Maru was pulled off by Nasu Maru ( Japan) and towed to Nagasaki for repairs. Repaired and returned to service in December.[177][178]
Kittawa  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Bhutan and Chengtu (both  United Kingdom) in the Astrea Channel and sank.[177]
Yu Chang  Republic of China Navy The Fu Po-class destroyer was wrecked in the Nantung Chao Channel at the mouth of the Yangtze.

7 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1932
Ship State Description
Prométhée  French Navy The Redoutable-class submarine foundered in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Fermanville, Manche (49°48′31″N 1°26′42″W / 49.80861°N 1.44500°W / 49.80861; -1.44500) with the loss of all 62 crew.

8 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1932
Ship State Description
Yaye Maru  Japan The coaster sank off Tsushima.[179]

10 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1932
Ship State Description
Casino  United Kingdom The coaster grounded at Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia. She refloated but capsized and sank with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew.[180][181]
Triglav  Yugoslavia The cargo ship ran aground at Fogo, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[181] She was refloated on 21 July.[182]

11 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1932
Ship State Description
Blas de Lezo  Spanish Navy The Blas de Lezo-class cruiser ran aground off Cape Finisterre. She was refloated and taken in tow by the tug Argos ( Spain) but foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) offshore. All 346 crew were rescued.[183]

13 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1932
Ship State Description
Michael N. Maris  Greece The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Brusnik Island, Yugoslavia.[184]

15 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1932
Ship State Description
Gishu Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Bungo Channel and was beached.[185]
Moldanger  Norway The almost-completed refrigerated cargo ship caught fire at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and sank.[186][187] She was later refloated, repaired and entered service in March 1933.[188]

16 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1932
Ship State Description
Kumakata Maru  Japan The cargo ship caught fire off Keelung Islet, Formosa and was abandoned by her crew.[189] She sank on 18 July.[187]

17 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1932
Ship State Description
Norham  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire.[189] She was refloated on 2 August.[190]

20 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1932
Ship State Description
Shunka Maru  Japan The cargo ship capsized and sank off the coast of Korea.[191]

21 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1932
Ship State Description
Beikoku Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Yoshu Maru ( Japan) in the Inland Sea of Japan and sank. All crew were rescued.[192]

22 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1932
Ship State Description
Johanna Smith  United States The schooner, serving as a gambling ship moored off Long Beach, California, burned and sank.

23 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1932
Ship State Description
Heiwa Maru  Japan The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered off Mokoo.[176]
Islander  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground off Aywick, Shetland Islands and was a total loss. All on board were rescued.[176]

25 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1932
Ship State Description
Cristina Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Kerkennah, Turkey (34°42′00″N 11°21′30″E / 34.70000°N 11.35833°E / 34.70000; 11.35833).[193] She was refloated on 29 July.[194]

26 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1932
Ship State Description
Homestead  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean at Humber Arm, Newfoundland.[195]
Lettie M. Hardy  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Facto ( Norway) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Georgetown, British Guiana and sank. All on board were rescued.[196]
Niobe  Reichsmarine The three-masted barque capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein with the loss of 69 of her 109 crew. Survivors were rescued by Theresia L M Russ ( Germany). Raised on 21 August for recovery of the dead, Niobe was scuttled on 18 September 1933.
Renate  Germany The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Baltic Sea and sank off Gotland, Sweden. The crew survived.[193]

29 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1932
Ship State Description
Cape Race  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at St. Shotts, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[194]
Euphorbia  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Anticosti Island, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada.[194] She was refloated on 3 August.[197]

August[edit]

3 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1932
Ship State Description
Libby, McNeill & Libby No. 9  United States The 14.12-net register ton scow was wrecked on Salamatof Beach in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska during a gale.[41]

4 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1932
Ship State Description
Aso  Imperial Japanese Navy The Bayan-class armored cruiser was sunk as a target by submarine torpedoes .
Bruges  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River upstream of Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina.[198] She was refloated on 10 August.[199]
Eunice  United States During a voyage in the Aleutian Islands from Unalaska to Atka and way ports with a cargo of 30 short tons (27,216 kg) of general merchandise, the 42-gross register ton motor vessel went off course in fog due to a faulty compass and was wrecked on a beach on the east coast pf Carlisle Island. Her crew of four survived.[200]
Joan  United States The 26-gross register ton, 44.5-foot (13.6 m) fishing vessel sank near Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. All three people aboard survived.[201]
Kelvinside  United Kingdom The coaster sank about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west south west of the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. The crew survived.[197]
Why Not  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Otranto ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, and sank.[197]

5 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1932
Ship State Description
Antonchu Spain The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of Cape Santa María, Portugal (36°40′N 8°12′W / 36.667°N 8.200°W / 36.667; -8.200). The crew were rescued by Bakap ( Yugoslavia).[123][198][202]
St Patrick  United Kingdom The passenger ferry ran aground off La Corbière, Jersey, Channel Islands. The 314 passengers were rescued by Duke of Normandy, Isle of Sark and St Julien (all  United Kingdom).[203] She was later refloated and towed into Saint Helier for temporary repairs.[204]

6 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1932
Ship State Description
Capable  United Kingdom The steamer came ashore in thick fog at Thurlestone, South Devon during thick fog. Capable refloated on the high tide and continued her journey from Pentewan, Cornwall, with grit for London.[205]
M.O.P. 216 B  Argentina The tug foundered in the Paraná River at Rosario, Santa Fe with the loss of four crew.[206]
Myrtle  United States The 9-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of East Foreland (60°43′N 151°24′W / 60.717°N 151.400°W / 60.717; -151.400 (East Foreland)), Territory of Alaska. The only person on board survived.[55]

7 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1932
Ship State Description
Libby  United States The 8-gross register ton motor vessel broke loose from her moorings on the Nushagak River near Ekuk. Territory of Alaska, during a storm with no one aboard and sank.[41]

8 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1932
Ship State Description
Western World  United States The passenger-cargo ship, carrying 166 crew members and 85 passengers, ran aground at Porto do Boi, Brazil. The passengers were taken off by the German ship General Osorio and landed at Rio de Janeiro.[207] She was refloated on 10 September,[208] and subsequently was repaired and returned to service.

9 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1932
Ship State Description
Dagny  Sweden The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lessoe. The crew were rescued.[206] She was refloated on 13 August.[209]

12 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1932
Ship State Description
Aéropostale II  France The mail boat departed Dakar, French West Africa for Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. She last reported her position in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) out. No further trace, believed foundered with the loss of all 22 crew.[210][211][212]

13 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1932
Ship State Description
Lassen  United States The cargo ship caught fire at Oakland, California. She was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[209] She was refloated on 17 August and found to be severely damaged.[213]

16 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1932
Ship State Description
Nichifuku Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Hide Maru ( Japan) in the Inland Sea of Japan and sank with the loss of nineteen crew.[214]

18 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1932
Ship State Description
Shoal Fisher  United Kingdom The three-masted schooner collided with Telena ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 7°50′W / 48.000°N 7.833°W / 48.000; -7.833) and sank. The crew were rescued by Telena.[213]

20 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1932
Ship State Description
Lincoln Rock  United States The 9-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in the harbor at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[41]

22 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1932
Ship State Description
Dagland  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Akbaş, Turkey.[215] She was refloated on 28 August.[216]
La Corvette  France The schooner capsized in the English Channel 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) off Selsey Bill, Sussex, United Kingdom.[215]
HMAS Yarra  Royal Australian Navy The decommissioned River-class torpedo-boat destroyer was possibly sunk on this date as a target off Sydney.[217]

30 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1932
Ship State Description
Kotohira Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground off Shiraushi, Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[218] She was refloated on 3 September.[219]

31 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1932
Ship State Description
Kumiai Maru  Japan The coaster collided with Kurushima Maru ( Japan) off Oshima Province and sank.[220]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1932
Ship State Description
Duke of Lancaster  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground on Great Copeland Island in the Copeland Islands in the Irish Sea in a fog . She was refloated and returned to service.

September[edit]

1 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1932
Ship State Description
Stat  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Akranes, Iceland.[221] She was refloated on 6 September.[222]

2 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1932
Ship State Description
Sandra  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiansand, Norway, and sank.[221]

3 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1932
Ship State Description
Bertie E. Tull  United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Delaware River at New Castle, Delaware and was a total loss.[223][224]
Clara Elise  Germany The schooner sank in the Baltic Sea off the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden with the loss of four of her eight crew.[225]
Jelo  Norway The cargo ship collided with Quersee ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and was beached.[223]

6 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1932
Ship State Description
Odensholm  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground on Burnt Head, Newfoundland. She was declared a total loss on 15 September.[226]

7 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1932
Ship State Description
Aranci  United Kingdom The dredger foundered in the Irish Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) south by west of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland. She was under tow at the time and unmanned.[227]
Going  United States The 7-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked with the loss of one life on rocks on the westernmost island of the Tatoosh Islands in Southeast Alaska when she dragged her anchor during a gale. There were two survivors.[116]

9 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1932
Ship State Description
Observation  United States The passenger ferry exploded and sank in the East River off Rikers Island, New York with the loss of 37 lives.[228]

10 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1932
Ship State Description
Admiral Dewey  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.[229]
Clara F  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island and was wrecked.[229]
Golfer  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and was abandoned.[230]
Marjorie and Eileen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island and was wrecked.[229]

11 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1932
Ship State Description
Watford  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at Cape Percy, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of one of her 38 crew.[231]

12 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1932
Ship State Description
Adele  Germany The auxiliary sailing ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Pillau, East Prussia, Germany. The crew were rescued by the Pillau Lifeboat.[232] The ship came ashore at Pillau.[233]
Ida  United States A fire destroyed the 13-gross register ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel while she was moored at the Oil Dock at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[234]

13 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1932
Ship State Description
Baron Baeyens  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, Argentina.[235] She was refloated on 19 September.[236]
Chloe  Italy The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France.[233] She was taken in tow by Seefalke ( Germany), but her boilers exploded and she foundered at 48°20′N 5°09′W / 48.333°N 5.150°W / 48.333; -5.150. All crew were rescued by Seefalke.[237][238]
Glamorgan Coast  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at North Point, Cape Cornwall. Fourteen crew and the one passenger rowed to safety; the ship was a total loss.[233][239]

14 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1932
Ship State Description
Ivanhoe  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the north shore of False Island in the Matung Channel.[235] She was refloated on 24 September.[240]
HMAS Penguin  Royal Australian Navy The decommissioned depot ship was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.
Savio  Italy The cargo ship came ashore on Euboea, Greece (

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