List of shipwrecks in April 1832
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| War Hawk |  United States |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Jersey, Channel Islands.[1] |
3 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellona |  United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked at "Cartena" on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Odesa.[2][3] |
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barrington, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.[4] |
5 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pallas | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Höganäs, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. Prussia.[5] |
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zyllah | United Kingdom |
The ship struck a sunken rock off the Formigas, Western Islands, and was consequently abandoned the next day. Morley ( United Kingdom) rescued Zyllah's crew; she was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Saint Domingue.[2][6] |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was later refloated.[5] |
| Huna | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was later refloated.[5] |
| Lord Suffield | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Hull to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[5] |
| Sarah | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was later refloated.[5] |
11 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Star | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from London to Sligo.[5] |
12 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Experiment | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore three leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America.[5] Forty-five passengers survived.[7] |
14 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wanderer | United States |
The ship capsized at Galway, United Kingdom. She was declared a total loss.[3] |
16 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellick Castle | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Ballina, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballina.[5][8] |
| Ida |  France |
The ship was wrecked near Dénia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[3] |
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brisk | United Kingdom |
The brig was wrecked on Wallis Island.[9][10][11] |
20 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fowey | United Kingdom |
The ship was in collision with Economy ( United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
| Jane | United Kingdom |
The sloop capsized off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of one of her two crew. The survivor was rescued by Fame ( United Kingdom).[12] |
21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy | United Kingdom |
The sloop was driven ashore and damaged at Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Arbroath. Peggy was refloated the next day and taken in to Arbroathn[13] where she was subsequently wrecked on 17 November.[14] |
22 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constitution | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Ireland. All on board, over 200 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to a North American port.[12] |
| Foundling | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mizen Head, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[3][13][15] |
| Hannah | United Kingdom |
The ship was wrecked in Killala Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2][3] |
| Royal Recovery | United Kingdom |
The ship sprang a leak and foundered off the Smalls Lighthouse. All on board were rescued by London ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[6][16] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Romford | United States |
The barque wran aground on the Burrow of Ballyteague, off the coast of County Galway, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[2][17] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny |  Kingdom of Hanover |
The ship was wrecked on Borkum with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Emden.[18] |
| Mary Eliza | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bremen.[3][19] |
| Nereid | United Kingdom |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Egerness Point, Wigtownshire. All on board were rescued.[17] |
25 April
26 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Prussia to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[3] |
| Queen Charlotte | United Kingdom |
Six weeks into a whaling voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, the brig was sighted for the last time. She subsequently disappeared without trace.[20][21][22] |
| Resolution | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire.[3] |
| Shannon | United Kingdom |
The whaler struck an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nineteen of her 45 crew. The survivors were rescued by Hoalfesken and Navigation (both  Denmark), but seven of them subsequently died.[23][24] |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta | United Kingdom |
The ship struck the Whilme Sand, in The Wash and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[25] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lively | United Kingdom |
The ship was destroyed by fire at North Meols, Lancashire with the loss of one of her crew.[26] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Eliza | United Kingdom |
The ship was lost on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.[12] |