The cargo ship ran aground on Fleves. The crew abandoned ship.[1]
2 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1932
Ship
Country
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′N179°30′W / 49.5°N 179.5°W / 49.5; -179.5).[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[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Teresa Schiaffino
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at the eastern entrance to the Corinth Canal.[2] She was refloated on 10 January.[8]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Kaala
United States
The ferry ran aground on Molokai, Hawaii. She was declared a constructive total loss.[9]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1932
Ship
Country
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
Kingdom of 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[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Breeze
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Christchurch, New Zealand. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.[9]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Theseus
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Kara Point, Greece.[11] She was refloated on 17 January.[3]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Mango
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Selsey Bill, West 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[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1932
Ship
Country
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1932
Ship
Country
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1932
Ship
Country
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1932
Ship
Country
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1932
Ship
Country
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 (flag unknown). Evergunar was a total loss.[15]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Notre Dame de Chatelet
France
The auxiliary schooner sank at Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine.[21]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Glenaan
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of Arran, Ayrshire. All ten crew survived.[22]
Maryolio V. Polemis
Greece
The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached at Vatika.[23] She was refloated on 5 February.[24]
Mary
Denmark
The auxiliary schooner collided with Kong Ring (Norway) at Hamburg, Germany and sank. The crew were rescued.[22]
Nikos Marcou
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground in the Little Belt.[23] She was refloated on 25 January.[25]
The cargo ship ran aground on Euboea.[28] She was refloated on 30 January.[29]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Venustas
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Kerch, Soviet Union.[30] She was refloated on 12 February.[31]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1932
Ship
Country
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.[32]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Cotabato
United States
The cargo ship came ashore on the east coast of Samar, Philippines and was a total loss.[33]
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.[33] She was towed to Tazacorte by San Miguel (Spain) but subsequently sank.[34]
The coaster was sunk at Saint-Denis, Réunion in a cyclone.[37]
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.[24] She was refloated the next day.[36]
Larnie B. Shaw
United States
The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey with the loss of seven crew.[38]
Linaria
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Denis, Réunion in a cyclone.[37] She was refloated on 10 February.[39]
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Northern Firth
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground on Brush Island, New South Wales, Australia and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[47] She broke up in March and was a total loss.[56]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Cecil
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Lady Martin (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Shadwell and sank.[43] She was raised the next day.[13]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Stylianos Coutsodontis
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Galata, Cyprus.[13] She was refloated on 29 February.[57]
27 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Seitoku Maru
Japan
The cargo ship came ashore at Amichishima, Miyagi Prefecture.[58] She was refloated on 6 March.[59]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Castle Galleon
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Hemsby, Norfolk. Eleven of her thirteen crew were taken off by rocket apparatus.[60] The remaining two crew were taken off on 29 February.[54]
The tug suffered an explosion and sank at the Harrington Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of one of her five crew.[61] She was raised on 2 March and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[58]
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.[57]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Johsa
Norway
The cargo ship caught fire at Porsgrunn, Norway and was a total loss.[58]
Yakumo Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Kinryo Maru (Japan) at Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū and was beached.[57]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1932
Ship
Country
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′N6°17′W / 47.917°N 6.283°W / 47.917; -6.283).[58][62]
T.F.C.
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Westland (Netherlands) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beached.[58]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Ocklinge
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on The Manacles.[63] She was declared a constructive total loss and salvage efforts were abandoned on 9 March.[64]
The cargo ship was damaged by ice 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Riga and was abandoned by her crew.[56] She was later reboarded and was assisted into Riga by an icebreaker.[70]
The salvage vessel sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (43°43′N63°00′W / 43.717°N 63°W / 43.717; -63). She was abandoned by her 30 crew, who were rescued by Montcalm (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).[73] She was refloated on 26 April.[74]
Venezia
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Sui-Tai (United Kingdom) at Hong Kong and was beached.[71] She was refloated the next day and dry docked for repairs.[75]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Irene
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at Rørvik, Norway and was beached.[75] She was refloated on 19 March.[76]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Gansfjord
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground 37 nautical miles (69 km) west of Puerto México, Veracruz, Mexico.[72] She was refloated in April, arriving at Mobile, Alabama on 11 April.[77]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Leandros
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of the entrance to the Bosporus.[78] She was refloated on 7 April.[79]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Eva
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Fravis (United Kingdom) at Hayling Island, Hampshire and sank.[80]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Providence
France
The ocean liner ran aground at Cape Niger, Imbros, Turkey.[81] She was refloated on 13 May.[82]
The cargo ship ran aground between Gonaïves and Saint-Marc, Haiti.[83] She was refloated on 1 April.[84]
April[]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Cieszyn
Poland
The cargo ship ran aground at Utö, Finland.[85] She was refloated on 6 April.[79]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Tahsien
flag unknown
The cargo ship ran aground on Alceste Rock, Cape Shautung, China.[86] She was abandoned on 7 April as a total loss.[87]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Haiching
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks at White Dogs Island and was beached at Foochow, China.[88]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Chepstow Castle
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Toward Point, Argyllshire.[87] She was refloated on 20 April.[89]
Sea Horse
United Kingdom
The tug collided with Foina (Norway) at Sunderland, Co Durham and sank.[87] She was refloated on 9 April and drydocked for repairs.[90]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Rio Cabriel
Spain
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Pedrido, Galicia and was abandoned by her crew.[91] She broke in two and was a total loss.[90]
Rouzic
France
The three-masted schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay (45°58′N8°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).[91] Eleven were rescued by Viking (Denmark) and an unknown number by Trsat (Kingdom of Yugoslavia).[92]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1932
Ship
Country
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.[91] She was refloated the next day.[90]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1932
Ship
Country
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.[52]
Nobis
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. The crew were rescued.[90]
Pentland Firth
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Scrabster, Caithness. The crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[90]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Daiboshi Maru No.3
Japan
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Horomushiro.[77]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Tsiehfa
flag unknown
The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Bohai Sea off Lungkow, China. The crew were rescued.[89]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Louric
flag unknown
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tela, Honduras and was wrecked.[93]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1932
Ship
Country
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.[89] She was refloated on 23 April.[94]
Phoenix
United States
The tanker ran aground on the Bahama Banks.[89] She was refloated on 23 April.[94]
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 from a breakwater at Stenhouse Bay, South Australia, on 8 January 1933.
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sansei Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the north shore of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[96] She was refloated on 6 May.[97]
Sydfold
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground off the south shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada.[98] She was refloated on 2 May.[99]
Wheatfeed
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground in the River Bann at Coleraine, County Antrim.[98] She was refloated on 6 May.[97]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Cymbeline
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground on Anticosti Island, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada.[96] She was refloated on 2 May.[100]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
L and H McDonald
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Freshwater Point, Trepassey, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[101]
The schooner was rammed and sunk at Las Palmas, Canary Islands by Leon y Castillo (Spain). The crew were rescued.[107]
New York
United States
The passenger ship caught fire at West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York and was a total loss.[108]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Elim
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore at Clents Point, Isle of Arran, Ayrshire.[107] She capsized the next day and was a total loss.[108]
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.[109][110]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1932
Ship
Country
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.[111]
The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated an hour later.[112]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Gauss
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Douro, Oporto, Portugal.[113] She was refloated on 3 June.[114]
14 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Lochearn
United Kingdom
The coaster struck rocks off Tiree, Inner Hebrides and was beached.[115] She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1932
Ship
Country
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.[116] She was beached at Thorness Bay where the four passengers were taken off.[117] She was refloated in late May and towed to London for drydocking.[118]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Marianna
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire off Bender Eregli, Turkey and was beached. The crew were rescued by Kutlu (Turkey).[119] She was a total loss.[120]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1932
Ship
Country
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
City of Charleroy
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Exmouth, Devon.[121] She was refloated on 27 May.[122]
22 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Skomer, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. The crew survived.[121]
The transport ship caught fire and was beached in the Astrea Channel, China.[123]
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.[123][124]
25 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Antonis
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Maleas, Greece.[118] She was refloated in mid-June, arriving at Piraeus on 11 June.[125]
Canton
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Maldives.[126] She was refloated on 30 May.[127]
Glendevon
United Kingdom
The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at South Woolwich, London.[126]
Varnes
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Cambridge (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Belvedere, Kent and sank.[126]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
S. B. Hirtle
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, Canada and was abandoned.[118]
The coaster struck rocks and foundered in the Yangtze 275 nautical miles (509 km) upstream of Ichang with great loss of life.[122][128]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Wan-Lui
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 40 nautical miles (74 km) downstream of Chungking, China.[130] She was abandoned on 9 June.[131]
2 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Caprera
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship came ashore on the Ilha da Mac, Argentina.[132] She was refloated on 2 August.[133]
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.[134]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Genzan Maru
Japan
The passenger ship ran aground off Karaginsky Island, Soviet Union and was abandoned by the 300-plus people on board.[135] She sank the next day.[136]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Teide
Spain
The cargo liner was wrecked off Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea.[136]Appin (United Kingdom) rescued 85 passengers and landed them on the island.[131] She was a total loss.[137]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Choshu Maru
Japan
The cargo ship caught fire at Tsurumi and was beached. The crew abandoned ship.[131] She was declared a total loss.[138]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sappho
Greece
The cargo ship foundered off Berlengas, Portugal. The crew were rescued.[139]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Maria
Kingdom of Italy
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, United States.[137] She was refloated on 16 June.[140]
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.[137] She was refloated on 17 June.[141][142]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Kumari
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Indian Ocean off Dwarka, India.[143] Six of her 33 crew were lost.[140]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1932
Ship
Country
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).[143]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Brazza
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Libreville, French Equatorial Africa.[141] She was refloated on 23 June.[144]
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.[145] The ship was a total loss.[146]
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.[141][147]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Cote Nord
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner came ashore in Shoal Bay, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[148][149]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Firby
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore in Bradore Bay, Strait of Belle Isle.[150] She was refloated on 4 July.[151]
Oyama Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the south west coast of Korea, she refloated but was leaking and consequently beached.[149] She was refloated the next day and sailed to Kure for repairs.[152]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Bore I
Finland
The passenger ship ran aground at Rysskar. The passengers were taken off.[152] She was refloated the next day.[153]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Tanger
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off the Elbe 3 Lightship (Weimar Republic) and was beached.[154] She was refloated the next day.[155]
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1932
Ship
Country
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.[156]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Eftychia
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy.[157] She was refloated on 24 July.[158]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Chosun Maru
Japan
The passenger ship ran aground on the Shantung Peninsula, China. All on board were taken off by Nasu Maru (Japan).[159]
Kittawa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Bhutan and Chengtu (both United Kingdom) in the Astrea Channel and sank.[159]
The Blas de Lezo-classcruiser 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.[164]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Michael N. Maris
Greece
The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Brusnik Island, Yugoslavia.[165]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Gishu Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bungo Channel and was beached.[166]
Moldanger
Norway
The almost-completed refrigerated cargo ship caught fire at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and sank.[167][168] She was later refloated, repaired and entered service in March 1933.[169]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Kumakata Maru
Japan
The cargo ship caught fire off Keelung Islet, Formosa and was abandoned by her crew.[170] She sank on 18 July.[168]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Norham
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire.[170] She was refloated on 2 August.[171]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Shunka Maru
Japan
The cargo ship capsized and sank off the coast of Korea.[172]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Beikoku Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Yoshu Maru (Japan) in the Inland Sea of Japan and sank. All crew were rescued.[173]
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Humber Arm, Newfoundland.[176]
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.[177]
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 (Weimar Republic). Raised on 21 August for recovery of the dead, Niobe was scuttled on 18 September 1933.
Renate
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Baltic Sea and sank off Gotland, Sweden. The crew survived.[174]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Cape Race
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at St. Shotts, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[175]
Euphorbia
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Anticosti Island, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada.[175] She was refloated on 3 August.[178]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River upstream of Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina.[179] She was refloated on 10 August.[180]
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.[178]
Why Not
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Otranto (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, and sank.[178]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1932
Ship
Country
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′N8°12′W / 36.667°N 8.2°W / 36.667; -8.2). The crew were rescued by Bakap (Kingdom of Yugoslavia).[109][179][181]
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).[182] She was later refloated and towed into Saint Helier for temporary repairs.[183]
6 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1932
Ship
Country
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.[184]
M.O.P. 216 B
Argentina
The tug foundered in the Paraná River at Rosario, Santa Fe with the loss of four crew.[185]
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.[186] She was refloated on 10 September,[187] and subsequently was repaired and returned to service.
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Dagny
Sweden
The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lessoe. The crew were rescued.[185] She was refloated on 13 August.[188]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1932
Ship
Country
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.[189][190][191]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Lassen
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Oakland, California. She was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[188] She was refloated on 17 August and found to be severely damaged.[192]
16 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1932
Ship
Country
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.[193]
The cargo ship ran aground at Akbaş, Turkey.[194] She was refloated on 28 August.[195]
La Corvette
France
The schooner capsized in the English Channel 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) off Selsey Bill, West Sussex, United Kingdom.[194]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Kotohira Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground off Shiraushi, Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[196] She was refloated on 3 September.[197]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Kumiai Maru
Japan
The coaster collided with Kurushima Maru (Japan) off Oshima Province and sank.[198]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1932
Ship
Country
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[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Stat
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Akranes, Iceland.[199] She was refloated on 6 September.[200]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sandra
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiansand, Norway, and sank.[199]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Bertie E. Tull
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the Delaware River at New Castle, Delaware and was a total loss.[201][202]
Clara Elise
Weimar Republic
The schooner sank in the Baltic Sea off the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden with the loss of four of her eight crew.[203]
Jelo
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Quersee (Weimar Republic) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and was beached.[201]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Odensholm
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground on Burnt Head, Newfoundland. She was declared a total loss on 15 September.[204]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1932
Ship
Country
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.[205]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1932
Ship
Country
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.[206]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral Dewey
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.[207]
Clara F
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island and was wrecked.[207]
Golfer
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and was abandoned.[208]
Marjorie and Eileen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island and was wrecked.[207]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1932
Ship
Country
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.[209]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Adele
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Pillau, East Prussia. The crew were rescued by the Pillau Lifeboat.[210] The ship came ashore at Pillau.[211]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Baron Baeyens
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, Argentina.[212] She was refloated on 19 September.[213]
Chloe
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France.[211] She was taken in tow by Seefalke (Weimar Republic), but her boilers exploded and she foundered at 48°20′N5°09′W / 48.333°N 5.15°W / 48.333; -5.15. All crew were rescued by Seefalke.[214][215]
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.[211][216]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Ivanhoe
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on the north shore of False Island in the Matung Channel.[212] She was refloated on 24 September.[217]
The coaster collided with Baron Polwarth (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary off the Sunk Lightship (United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of two crew.[220][221]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Aequitas
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Kerch, Soviet Union.[222] She was refloated around 7 October.[223]
Tchatyr-Dahg
Soviet Union
The cargo ship collided with Inonu (Turkey) off Leander's Tower, Istanbul, Turkey and was beached.[222] She was refloated on 29 September.[224]
The schooner foundered off the Change Islands, dominion of Newfoundland. The crew survived.[228]
Saelen
Denmark
The auxiliary schooner departed Upernivik for Godhavn. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[229]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Bur
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Dakoum, French West Africa.[230] She was refloated around 5 October.[231]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Nevada
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Amatignik Island, Alaska and was wrecked with the loss of 34 of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by President Madison (United States).[230][232]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Nelson
United Kingdom
The training ship, a former Thames barge, sprang a leak and sank in the River Thames at Chelsea, London.[233] She was refloated on 1 October.[230]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Bright Fan
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck an iceberg in the Hudson Strait and sank. All 30 crew were rescued by N. B. McLean (Canada).[234]
Chusan
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Wei Hai Wei, China. The passengers were taken off.[230][235] She sank on 4 October.[236]
Else
Finland
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Björkö and sank. Her crew were rescued.[237][238]
Georgios
Greece
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Björkö. All 29 crew were rescued before she sank.[237]
Niemen
Poland
The cargo ship collided with the barque Lawhill (Finland) in the Kattegat and sank. The crew were rescued by Kronprinsessan Margareta (Sweden).[230]
Start
Sweden
The cargo ship was driven ashore or Björkö and sank. Her crew were rescued.[237] She was refloated on 15 October.[239]
2 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Mark H. Gray
United Kingdom
The schooner departed Oporto, Portugal for Gaultois, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[240]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Beaconoil
United States
The tanker ran aground in the Houston Channel.[241] She was refloated on 11 October.[242]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Franklin
United States
The coaster caught fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was burnt to the waterline.[241]
John J. Boland Jr.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Erie 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Erie, Pennsylvania.[231][243]
6 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Agen
France
The cargo ship collided with Cap Arcona (Weimar Republic) in the North Sea off the Elbe 4 Lightship (Weimar Republic) and was beached. She was later refloated and escorted into Hamburg, Germany.[243]
Johannes
Finland
The three-masted schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea off Viborg,Denmark. The eight crew were rescued by Asta (Weimar Republic).[223][231][244]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Shamrock
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was abandoned of Dungeness, Kent. The crew were rescued by the Dungeness Lifeboat.[244] She was later reboarded and found to have suffered little damage.[242]
9 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Charente
Norway
The cargo liner collided with Afric Star (United Kingdom) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. all on board were rescued by Afric Star.[245]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Scheldestad
Belgium
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay (45°30′N8°00′W / 45.5°N 8°W / 45.5; -8). The crew were rescued by Lancastria (United Kingdom).[246]Sheldestad remained afloat and was towed by tugs Max Berendt and Seefalke (both Weimar Republic) to La Coruna, Spain where she was repaired. She returned to service on 12 October.[214]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Assel
Weimar Republic
The coaster capsized and sank off Nervi Island, Vyborg, Soviet Union with the loss of three of her five crew.[247]
Emelia
Estonia
The schooner collided with Vesuvius (Sweden off Flotjam, Sweden and sank.[247]
Girl May
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Maughold Head, Isle of Man. The seven crew were rescued by the trawler Peter Lovett (United Kingdom.[248]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Braedale
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south west of The Needles, Isle of Wight. All eight crew survived.[249]
The cargo ship ran aground on Haisbro' Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was a total loss. The 33 crew were rescued by H F Bailey III (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the fishing vessel Gleam (United Kingdom).[249][250]
Sheldrake
United Kingdom
The coaster was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. The crew were rescued by the pilot cutterJ. H. Fisher. Sheldrake was driven ashore at Cleethorpes.[249] She was refloated on 18 October.[251]
15 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Redvers Buller
United Kingdom
The sand hopper capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel west of Flat Holm with the loss of four of her seven crew.[252]
The cargo ship ran aground at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[253] She was refloated on 20 October and found to be severely damaged.[254]
L'Essor
France
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea. The 48 crew were rescued by Redsea (United Kingdom).[255]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Birkenau
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship came ashore at Chapel Point, Fife, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[256] She was refloated the next day and towed to Leith.[251]
Faithful
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore in Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran. All four crew were rescued.[256]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Miho Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[257] She was refloated on 4 November.[258]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Marjorie Henniga
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Newtown, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[259]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Millom Castle
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Plymouth, Devon. The three crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat. Millom Castle was later towed into Plymouth by the trawler Atlantic (United Kingdom).[260]
Rama
Nicaragua
The refrigerated cargo ship came ashore at Bluefields, Jamaica. She was declared a constructive total loss.[260][261]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
New Hope
United Kingdom
The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary. Both crew and a dog were rescued by the Southend Lifeboat.[262]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Pamela Hope
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore on between Burnham Overy and Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. The crew abandoned ship.[263] She was refloated on 24 November.[264]
Sarah Evans
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore near Porthtowan, Cornwall and was a total loss. The three crew were rescued.[263][265]
Spes
Netherlands
The cargo ship came ashore at Christiansø, Bornholm, Denmark. The crew were rescued.[263]
Tovaristch Stalin
Soviet Union
The passenger ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Kapp Linné, Spitsbergen, Norway.[266] She was eventually refloated with the aid of six British trawlers.[267]
November[]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Plaindealer
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Tub Harbour, Labrador, Canada.[268]
Rosie Bella
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Croe, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[269]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Ceres
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Panomi Point, Greece.[268] She was refloated on 6 November.[258]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Carrouest I
France
The coaster foundered in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Alderney, Channel Islands. All five crew survived.[270][271]
Ralph Williams
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Herring Neck, Newfoundland.[272]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Goulandris
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea south of Crete. The crew survived.[270]
Orion
Finland
The cargo ship came ashore at Härnösand, Västernorrland County, Sweden and was wrecked.[270]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Helen Belle
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Cape Chapeau Rouge, Newfoundland.[272]
Kenjo Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[273] She was refloated on 10 November.[274]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Bessie McDonald
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Old Perlican, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[272]
Drake
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Inga (Finland) in the River Medway at Upnor, Kent and sank.[275]
Hester Nellie
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Red Island, Newfoundland.[272]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Alma M
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore on Conception Island, Bahamas and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[276]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Nordvangen
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cay Confites, Cuba in a hurricane.[277] Sne was refloated in mid-December, arriving at Key West, Florida, United States under tow on 13 December.[278]
Sensan Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Keelung, China.[279] She was refloated on 17 November.[280]
Vistula
Denmark
The tanker ran aground at Tampico, Mexico and was a total loss.[279]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Balboa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank at Georgetown, British Guiana.[281]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Oregon Star
United Kingdom
The refrigerated cargo liner caught fire at Hebburn, Northumberland. One crew member was killed.[282] She burnt for a week and was consequently declared a total loss.[283]Oregon Star was scrapped in 1934.[284]
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Genchu Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the Idzu Peninsula in a typhoon. She broke in two, the stern section sank with the loss of 36 crew. There were some survivors.[285]
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Netherlands
The ocean liner caught fire in Amsterdam harbour, North Holland. She burned for nine days and was consequently declared a total loss and sold for scrap.
Unkai Maru No.15
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore in Tokyo Bay in a typhoon. She was refloated on 23 November.[286][287]
18 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Alberto
Spain
The cargo ship struck a rock off Villano and was beached at Camariñas, A Coruña. The crew were rescued.[276]
Howard Young
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore in Bonavista Bay and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[288]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Marionga J. Goulandris
Greece
The cargo ship came ashore at Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.[288] She was refloated on 5 December.[289]
The cargo ship ran aground on the Clatsop Spit at the mouth of the Columbia River.[289] She was a total loss.[304]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Kogiku Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Chemulpo, Korea and was abandoned.[305] She sank on 12 December.[306]
Lynceus
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore at Bacton, Norfolk with the loss of one of her four crew. The survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[305] She was refloated on 14 December.[307]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Negada
Chile
The cargo ship ran aground on the Quita Sueño Bank.[304] She was abandoned as a total loss on 15 December.[308]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sophie
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary schooner came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Rixhöft, West Prussia.[309] She was refloated on 13 December.[306]
10 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Atrato
Colombia
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Cispata.[302]
The cargo ship came ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom. All 24 crew were rescued by the Salcombe Lifeboat.[297][310] She was a total loss.[307]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Hosianna
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Neuwerk, Hamburg.[307]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Lieutenant Fontan
France
The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Bay of Biscay 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère and sank. The crew were rescued by San Andres (Norway).[311]
Meta Trudler
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore south of Gothenburg, Sweden.[312] She was a total loss.[313]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Norden
Sweden
The cargo ship sank off Varberg, Halland County.[313]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, North Carolina.[314] She was refloated on 23 December.[308]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Gateshead
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Miranda (Norway) in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Seaham, County Durham and sank with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew.[315]
Kedumba
United Kingdom
The ferry foundered off Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.[316]
Seine
France
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Bay of Biscay 70 nautical miles (130 km) off the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by a trawler. Seine was taken in tow by Dupleix (French Navy).[316] She foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) south west of La Pallice, Charente-Maritime.[317]
The ocean liner broke free from her tow, hit the harbour wall at Pernis, caught fire and then sank. She was raised and completed her journey to the scrapyard.
Greece
United Kingdom
Japan
Kingdom of Italy
United States
France
Sweden
Iceland
Latvia
Denmark
Norway) at Hamburg, Germany and sank. The crew were rescued.[22]
Royal Navy
Spain
Chile
Belgium) in the Atlantic Ocean (43°05′N 63°45′W / 43.083°N 63.75°W) and sank with the loss of 21 of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by Jean Jadot.[24]
United States Navy
Venezuela
Weimar Republic
Netherlands).[7]
United States Coast Guard) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cross Rip Lightship (
Dominican Republic
Poland
Kingdom of Yugoslavia).[92]
Finland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Imperial Japanese Navy
French Navy
Spanish Navy
Reichsmarine
Argentina
Soviet Union
Canada).[234]
Estonia
Nicaragua
Colombia
Republic of China (1912–1949)
Yugoslav Royal Navy
Australia
Royal Australian Navy