The list of shipwrecks in March 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1832 .
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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1832
Ship
State
Description
Belinda
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Bass Strait . She was on a voyage from Launceston to Hobart , Van Diemen's Land .[ 8]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Wigton , Cumberland for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 9]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Bervie , Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued by the smack Mansfield ( United Kingdom ). Dolphin was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 10]
Success
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 11]
Westmoreland
United Kingdom
The sloop was wrecked near Dundrum, County Down with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Portrush , County Antrim to Liverpool.[ 12] [ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1832
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire . Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was in a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Arbroath , Forfarshire .[ 7]
Annie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Arbroath.[ 7]
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The sloop struck the Beacon Rock, off Leith , Lothian and was severely damaged.[ 14]
Commerce
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent and foundered. She was on a voyage from Harwich , Essex to Portsmouth , Hampshire .[ 3]
Cookson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballycarry Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 15]
Dolphin
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and capsized in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 16]
Île de Graix
France
The ship was wrecked on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle , Charente-Maritime to Hamburg .[ 17]
Lady Forbes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire to Leith , Lothian .[ 18]
Leonidas
France
The ship was wrecked on the Îlots des Moines , Corsica . She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 19]
Mantua
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Spanish Battery Rocks, off South Shields , County Durham . Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
Richard
United Kingdom
The sailing barge capsized off Lowestoft , Suffolk .[ 7]
Robert and Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship struck the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 14]
Sussex Oak
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued by the brig John Stafford ( United Kingdom ). Sussex Oak was on a voyage from Littlehampton , Sussex to Sunderland.[ 18]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bridport , Dorset . She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Bridport.[ 21] Swallow was refloated on 9 March and taken in to Bridport.[ 22]
Willing Trader
United Kingdom
The ship struck the pier at Ramsgate , Kent and was beached. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk.[ 23]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1832
Ship
State
Description
Penelope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hoylake. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat and placed under quarantine . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Liverpool , Lancashire.[ 34]
^ "From Lloyd's List – April 24". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17279. 28 April 1832.
^ a b c d e f g "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2468. 6 March 1832.
^ a b "Marine Intelligence". The Newcastle Courant etc . No. 8199. 17 March 1832.
^ a b c d "From Lloyd's List – March 21". Caledonian Mercury . No. 15845. 21 March 1832.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14829. London. 18 April 1832. col E, p. 1.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 19118. 19 March 1832.
^ a b c d "Ship News". The Times . No. 14797. London. 12 March 1832. col B, p. 7.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19652. 21 August 1832.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14813. London. 30 March 1832. col D, p. 4.
^ "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17259. 12 March 1832.
^ a b c "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 19110. 8 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter . No. 9886. 13 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19514. 12 March 1832.
^ a b "Ship News". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17258. 10 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14801. London. 16 March 1832. col D, p. 6.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14798. London. 13 March 1832. col C, p. 4.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 19114. 14 March 1832.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14796. London. 10 March 1832. col F, p. 6.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14804. London. 20 March 1832. col C, p. 4.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2469. 13 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14794. London. 8 March 1832. col B, p. 4.
^ "From Lloyd's List – March 16". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17261. 17 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 19511. 8 March 1832.
^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury . No. 2473. 10 April 1832.
^ "From Lloyd's List – May 8". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17285. 12 May 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 16231. 24 March 1832.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16827. 26 March 1832.
^ "Wreck of the Brenda" . Launceston Advertiser . 21 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14808. London. 24 March 1832. col C, p. 3.
^ "Shipping Intelligence" . The Sydney Monitor . 4 April 1832.
^ "(untitled)" . The Sydney Monitor . 11 April 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14820. London. 7 April 1832. col B, p. 6.
^ a b "Ship News". The Times . No. 14803. London. 19 March 1832. col E, p. 6.
^ a b "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 1090. 23 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 19122. 23 March 1832.
^ a b "Ship News". The Morning Chronicle . No. 16830. 29 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14845. London. 7 May 1832. col D, p. 6.
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 16234. 27 March 1832.
^ "Dreadful Shipwreck". The Morning Post . No. 16236. 29 March 1832.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14816. London. 3 April 1832. col C, p. 4.
^ "Ship News". The Times . No. 14842. London. 3 May 1832. col C, p. 4.
^ "Ship News." Times, 12 April 1832, p. 3. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 26 February 2019.
^ "(untitled)" . The Sydney Monitor . 4 April 1832.
^ "From Lloyd's List – April 6". Caledonian Mercury . No. 17271. 9 April 1832.
^ Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers . Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. pp. 170–71. ISBN 00-950944-2-3 .
^ "Ship News". The Morning Post . No. 19115. 15 March 1832.
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