The cargo ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (49°30′N179°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[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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
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]
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
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
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on the Mopanshin Rocks, East China Sea and capsized.[8] She was refloated on 24 February.[13]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Tenedos, Turkey.[14] She was refloated on 19 January.[15]
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grenå, Denmark.[14]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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]
The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea off Balabac Island, Philippines.[18] The crew were taken off by (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
Latvia
The cargo ship lost her tow and was driven ashore at , Nord-Trøndelag, Norway with the loss of four crew. Survivors were rescued by Jason (Norway). Evergunar was a total loss.[15][21]
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.[22]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of Arran, Ayrshire. All ten crew survived.[23]
Greece
The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached at Vatika.[24] She was refloated on 5 February.[25]
Denmark
The auxiliary schooner collided with (Norway) at Hamburg, Germany and sank. The crew were rescued.[23]
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground in the Little Belt.[24] She was refloated on 25 January.[26]
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship came ashore on the east coast of Samar, Philippines and was a total loss.[37]
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 ( Spain) but subsequently sank.[38]
The ocean liner was rammed by Roma (Italy) at New York and was severely damaged.[38]
February[]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the Dry Tortugas.[39] She was refloated on 6 February.[40]
4 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Lakewood
United States
The 9-gross register tonmotor 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[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Antartico
Chile
The cargo ship collided with (Chile) off Magallanes and sank. The crew were rescued.[40]
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Blackwall, London and sank. All three crew were rescued.[25] She was refloated the next day.[40]
United States
The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey with the loss of seven crew.[43]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Denis, Réunion in a cyclone.[42] She was refloated on 10 February.[44]
The Clemson-classdestroyer collided with (United Kingdom) in the Yangtze at Shanghai, China and was severely damaged.[46]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington, Devon.[47] She was refloated on 23 February.[48]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Venezuela
The cargo ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew.[34]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Bunbury, Western Australia. She was refloated on 22 February.[51][52]
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 tonmotor 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[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship struck rocks at , Turkey and was beached.[56] She was refloated later that day.[57]
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground off Gandia, Valencia, Spain.[56] She was refloated on 13 April.[58]
The three-masted auxiliary schooner foundered in the North Sea off the Essex coast. The crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[7]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Cecil
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Shadwell and sank.[48] She was raised the next day.[13]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Galata, Cyprus.[13] She was refloated on 29 February.[64]
The cargo ship came ashore at Amichishima, Miyagi Prefecture.[65] She was refloated on 6 March.[66]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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 ( United States Coast Guard) and sank. The crew were rescued.[60]
29 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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 , Cheshire.[65]
Trinidad Sanchez
Dominican Republic
The schooner collided with (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Arecibo, Puerto Rico and sank with the loss of one crew member.[64]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship caught fire at Porsgrunn, Norway and was a total loss.[65]
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by (France). Eusebia del Valle subsequently sank (approximately 47°55′N6°17′W / 47.917°N 6.283°W / 47.917; -6.283).[65][69]
T.F.C.
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (Netherlands) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beached.[65]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on The Manacles.[70] She was declared a constructive total loss and salvage efforts were abandoned on 9 March.[71]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1931
Ship
Country
Description
Deepwater
United States
The barge, towed by (United States), was anchored in the Atlantic Ocean when Mars had difficulties and was never seen again. Lost with all five hands.[72]
The barge, towed by (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.[73]
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.[79]
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 63.000°W / 43.717; -63.000). She was abandoned by her 30 crew, who were rescued by (United Kingdom).
Unidentified schooner barge
United States
The schoonerbarge 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.[82]
13 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1932
Ship
Country
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 (United Kingdom).[83] She was refloated on 26 April.[84]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) at Hong Kong and was beached.[80] She was refloated the next day and dry docked for repairs.[85]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at Rørvik, Norway and was beached.[85] She was refloated on 19 March.[86]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground 37 nautical miles (69 km) west of Puerto México, Veracruz, Mexico.[81] She was refloated in April, arriving at Mobile, Alabama on 11 April.[87]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of the entrance to the Bosporus.[88] She was refloated on 7 April.[89]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Eva
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) at Hayling Island, Hampshire and sank.[90]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1932
Ship
Country
Description
France
The ocean liner ran aground at , Imbros, Turkey.[91] She was refloated on 13 May.[92]
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.[95]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Poland
The cargo ship ran aground at Utö, Finland.[96] She was refloated on 6 April.[89]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
flag unknown
The cargo ship ran aground on Alceste Rock, , China.[97] She was abandoned on 7 April as a total loss.[98]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks at White Dogs Island and was beached at Foochow, China.[99]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Toward Point, Argyllshire.[98] She was refloated on 20 April.[100]
United Kingdom
The tug collided with (Norway) at Sunderland, Co Durham and sank.[98] She was refloated on 9 April and drydocked for repairs.[101]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Pedrido, Galicia and was abandoned by her crew.[102] She broke in two and was a total loss.[101]
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 , four by (both United Kingdom) and three by (Norway).[102] Eleven were rescued by (Denmark) and an unknown number by (Yugoslavia).[103]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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.[102] She was refloated the next day.[101]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger ship caught fire and was beached on Whidbey Island, Washington. She was declared a constructive total loss.[58]
Germany
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. The crew were rescued.[101]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Scrabster, Caithness. The crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[101]
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at .[87]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
flag unknown
The ship struck a rock and foundered in the Bohai Sea off Lungkow, China. The crew were rescued.[100]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
flag unknown
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tela, Honduras and was wrecked.[104]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground on Syra and was abandoned by her crew. She later refloated herself and was taken in tow by (Greece) and beached again.[100] She was refloated on 23 April.[105]
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.
The schooner was rammed and sunk at Las Palmas, Canary Islands by ( Spain). The crew were rescued.[120]
United States
The passenger ship caught fire at West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York and was a total loss.[121]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore at Clents Point, Isle of Arran, Ayrshire.[120] She capsized the next day and was a total loss.[121]
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.[122][123]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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.[124]
Berengaria
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated an hour later.[125]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Douro, Oporto, Portugal.[126] She was refloated on 3 June.[127]
The ocean liner caught fire in Gulf of Aden on her maiden voyage. She sank on 19 May with the loss of 54 lives.
United Kingdom
The cargo liner collided with (France) in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of The Needles, Isle of Wight.[129] She was beached at Thorness Bay where the four passengers were taken off.[130] She was refloated in late May and towed to London for drydocking.[131]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire off , Turkey and was beached. The crew were rescued by (Turkey).[132] She was a total loss.[133]
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 outboardmotorboat.[134]
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
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Exmouth, Devon.[135] She was refloated on 27 May.[136]
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.[135]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Imperial Japanese Navy
The transport ship caught fire and was beached in the Astrea Channel, China.[137]
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.[137][138]
25 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Maleas, Greece.[131] She was refloated in mid-June, arriving at Piraeus on 11 June.[139]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Maldives.[140] She was refloated on 30 May.[141]
Glendevon
United Kingdom
The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at , London.[140]
Varnes
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Cambridge (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Belvedere, Kent and sank.[140]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, Canada and was abandoned.[131]
27 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 2,827-gross register toncargo ship collided at night in fog with the passenger ship (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′N71°31′W / 41.083°N 71.517°W / 41.083; -71.517 (Grecian) with the loss of three or four (sources disagree) crew members.[136][142][143][144][145]
United States
The coaster struck rocks and foundered in the Yangtze 275 nautical miles (509 km) upstream from Ichang, China, with great loss of life.[136][142]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 40 nautical miles (74 km) downstream of Chungking, China.[146] She was abandoned on 9 June.[147]
2 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship came ashore on the Ilha da Mac, Argentina.[148] She was refloated on 2 August.[149]
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (Sweden) in the North Sea off the (United Kingdom) and sank. The crew survived.[150]
The passenger ship ran aground off Karaginsky Island, Soviet Union and was abandoned by the 300-plus people on board.[151] She sank the next day.[152]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo liner was wrecked off Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea.[152] (United Kingdom) rescued 85 passengers and landed them on the island.[147] She was a total loss.[153]
The cargo ship caught fire at Tsurumi and was beached. The crew abandoned ship.[147] She was declared a total loss.[154]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship foundered off Berlengas, Portugal. The crew were rescued.[155]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, United States.[153] She was refloated on 16 June.[156]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground on , 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Wei Hai Wei. Two British torpedo boat destroyers and an Admiralty tug rescued over 350 people.[153] She was refloated on 17 June.[157][158]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Indian Ocean off Dwarka, India.[159] Six of her 33 crew were lost.[156]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Abrolhos Rocks Bahia, Brazil. The crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[159]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Libreville, French Equatorial Africa.[157] She was refloated on 23 June.[160]
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.[161] The ship was a total loss.[162]
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.[157][163]
Olive
United States
While beached in a lagoon between and Near Island at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, for painting, the 59-ton motorschooner was destroyed by a fire that apparently started when her gasoline enginebackfired. The two crewmen aboard survived.[164]
The cargo ship ran aground on the south west coast of Korea, she refloated but was leaking and consequently beached.[166] She was refloated the next day and sailed to Kure for repairs.[169]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The passenger ship ran aground at . The passengers were taken off.[169] She was refloated the next day.[170]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off the (Germany) and was beached.[171] She was refloated the next day.[172]
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The four-masted barque collided with (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Fastnet Rock and sank. The crew were rescued by Seminole.[173]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy.[174] She was refloated on 24 July.[175]
The coaster grounded at Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia. She refloated but capsized and sank with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew.[179][180]
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship ran aground at Fogo, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[180] She was refloated on 21 July.[181]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
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.[182]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Brusnik Island, Yugoslavia.[183]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bungo Channel and was beached.[184]
Norway
The almost-completed refrigerated cargo ship caught fire at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and sank.[185][186] She was later refloated, repaired and entered service in March 1933.[187]
The schooner collided with (Norway) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Georgetown, British Guiana and sank. All on board were rescued.[195]
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.
Germany
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Baltic Sea and sank off Gotland, Sweden. The crew survived.[192]
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 tonmotor 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.[199]
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.[200]
United Kingdom
The coaster sank about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west south west of the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. The crew survived.[196]
Why Not
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Otranto (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, and sank.[196]
The passenger ferry ran aground off La Corbière, Jersey, Channel Islands. The 314 passengers were rescued by , and (all United Kingdom).[202] She was later refloated and towed into Saint Helier for temporary repairs.[203]
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.[204]
M.O.P. 216 B
Argentina
The tug foundered in the Paraná River at Rosario, Santa Fe with the loss of four crew.[205]
The 8-gross register tonmotor 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]
The passenger-cargo ship, carrying 166 crew members and 85 passengers, ran aground at , Brazil. The passengers were taken off by the German ship and landed at Rio de Janeiro.[206] She was refloated on 10 September,[207] 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.[205] She was refloated on 13 August.[208]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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.[209][210][211]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Oakland, California. She was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[208] She was refloated on 17 August and found to be severely damaged.[212]
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
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Akranes, Iceland.[219] She was refloated on 6 September.[220]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiansand, Norway, and sank.[219]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the Delaware River at New Castle, Delaware and was a total loss.[221][222]
Germany
The schooner sank in the Baltic Sea off the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden with the loss of four of her eight crew.[223]
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Quersee (Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and was beached.[221]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground on , Newfoundland. She was declared a total loss on 15 September.[224]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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.[225]
Going
United States
The 7-gross register tonmotor 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.[115]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger ferry exploded and sank in the East River off Rikers Island, New York with the loss of 37 lives.[226]
The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island and was wrecked.[227]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and was abandoned.[228]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Saint Pierre Island and was wrecked.[227]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The collier was driven ashore at , Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of one of her 38 crew.[229]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1932
Ship
Country
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.[230] The ship came ashore at Pillau.[231]
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.[232]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, Argentina.[233] She was refloated on 19 September.[234]
The auxiliary schooner departed Upernivik for Godhavn. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[250]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground in the , French West Africa.[251] She was refloated around 5 October.[252]
Nevada
United States
During a voyage from Longview, Washington, to Yokohama, Japan, with a crew of 37 and a cargo of 6,648 tons of lumber, flour, and general merchandise, the 5,645-gross register tonsteamer was wrecked on Amatignak Island in the western Aleutian Islands with the loss of 34 lives. The passenger steamer (United States) arrived on the scene on 29 September and rescued her three survivors from the island.[253][251][254]
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.[255] She was refloated on 1 October.[251]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck an iceberg in the Hudson Strait and sank. All 30 crew were rescued by N.B. McLean (Canada).[256]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Wei Hai Wei, China. The passengers were taken off.[251][257] She sank on 4 October.[258]
Finland
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Björkö and sank. Her crew were rescued.[259][260]
Greece
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Björkö. All 29 crew were rescued before she sank.[259]
Poland
The cargo ship collided with the barqueLawhill (Finland) in the Kattegat and sank. The crew were rescued by (Sweden).[251]
Sweden
The cargo ship was driven ashore or Björkö and sank. Her crew were rescued.[259] She was refloated on 15 October.[261]
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.[262]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker ran aground in the .[263] She was refloated on 11 October.[264]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The coaster caught fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was burnt to the waterline.[263]
John J. Boland Jr.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Erie 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Erie, Pennsylvania.[252][265]
Sally B
United States
With three passengers and two crewmen on board, the 18-gross register ton, 39.7-foot (12.1 m) motoryacht dragged her anchor, grounded, turned on her side, and was destroyed by fire in Southeast Alaska at a location identified as "Caldera Bay," probably a reference to either or, more likely, (55°23′N133°10′W / 55.383°N 133.167°W / 55.383; -133.167 (Port Caldera)). There was no loss of life.[35]
6 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship collided with Cap Arcona (Germany) in the North Sea off the (Germany) and was beached. She was later refloated and escorted into Hamburg, Germany.[265]
Johannes
Finland
The three-masted schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea off . The eight crew were rescued by (Germany).[244][252][266]
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.[266] She was later reboarded and found to have suffered little damage.[264]
9 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo liner collided with (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.[267]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay (45°30′N8°00′W / 45.500°N 8.000°W / 45.500; -8.000). The crew were rescued by Lancastria (United Kingdom).[268]Sheldestad remained afloat and was towed by tugs and (both Germany) to A Coruña, Spain where she was repaired. She returned to service on 12 October.[235]
11 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Netherlands Navy
The minelayer listed and sank off Soerabaja, Netherlands East Indies. Raised on 3 December 1932. The vessel was repaired and returned to service on 4 September 1934.[269]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The coaster capsized and sank off , Vyborg, Soviet Union with the loss of three of her five crew.[270]
Emelia
Estonia
The schooner collided with (Sweden) off , Sweden and sank.[270]
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).[271]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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.[272]
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).[272][273]
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.[272] She was refloated on 18 October.[274]
15 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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.[275]
The cargo ship ran aground at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[276] She was refloated on 20 October and found to be severely damaged.[277]
France
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea. The 48 crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[278]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship came ashore at Chapel Point, Fife, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[279] She was refloated the next day and towed to Leith.[274]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore in Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran. All four crew were rescued.[279]
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).[283]
Nicaragua
The refrigerated cargo ship came ashore at Bluefields, Jamaica. She was declared a constructive total loss.[283][284]
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.[285]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore on between Burnham Overy and Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. The crew abandoned ship.[286] She was refloated on 24 November.[287]
The cargo ship came ashore at Christiansø, Bornholm, Denmark. The crew were rescued.[286]
Soviet Union
The passenger ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Kapp Linné, Spitsbergen, Norway.[289] She was eventually refloated with the aid of six British trawlers.[290]
November[]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Tub Harbour, Labrador, Canada.[291]
The cargo ship was driven ashore at , Cuba in a hurricane.[300] Sne was refloated in mid-December, arriving at Key West, Florida, United States under tow on 13 December.[301]
The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Keelung, China.[302] She was refloated on 17 November.[303]
Denmark
The tanker ran aground at Tampico, Mexico and was a total loss.[302]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank at Georgetown, British Guiana.[304]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The refrigerated cargo liner caught fire at Hebburn, Northumberland. One crew member was killed.[305] She burnt for a week and was consequently declared a total loss.[306]Oregon Star was scrapped in 1934.[307]
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.[308]
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.
The schooner came ashore in Bonavista Bay and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[311]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship came ashore at Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.[311] She was refloated on 5 December.[312]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Le Poilu
France
The ketch sank off Sark in the Channel Islands.[313]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Drapetsona, Greece.[314] She was refloated on 27 November and beached in St George Bay.[315]
Italy
The tanker ran aground off Leander's Tower, Istanbul, Turkey.[314] She was refloated on 28 November.[316]
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground at Inhaca, Portuguese East Africa and was a total loss.[287]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Herta Grube
Germany
The auxiliary schooner was wrecked at Kalmar, Småland, Sweden with the loss of all hands.[317]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Edith Dawson
United Kingdom
495 GRT British schooner on passage from Turks and Caicos Islands to Nova Scotia with a cargo of salt ran into strong northerly gale east of Jacksonville and started leaking badly. The crew started the pumps, but the salt cargo got mixed with water in her hold and made a slush shutting down the pumps. American tanker Sylvan Arrow spotted distress fire on the schooner's deck and managed to get close to the disabled ship and transfer all seven people on board. The schooner soon burst into flames and sank a few hours later. The crew was safely landed in Beaumont on 6 December.
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
France
The coaster collided with (France) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cayenne, French Guiana and sank.[318]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The cargo ship caught fire at and was abandoned by her crew. She was a total loss.[316]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Grand Island, Michigan.[319] Salvage operation were postponed on 13 December until the following spring.[320]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River.[321] She was refloated on 22 December.[322]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Clemencia
Canada
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by De Grasse (France).[323]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Rosalee
United States
After her gasoline engine broke down during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Juneau to Tenakee Springs, the 11-gross register ton, 32.8-foot (10.0 m) fishing vessel was blown onto the beach near (58°13′00″N134°30′10″W / 58.21667°N 134.50278°W / 58.21667; -134.50278 (Point Hilda)). Half an hour later, while still on the beach, she was destroyed by a fire that started in her stove and ignited her store of gasoline. The two people on board both survived.[119]
The cargo ship ran aground at Chemulpo, Korea and was abandoned.[328] She sank on 12 December.[329]
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.[328] She was refloated on 14 December.[330]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The cargo ship ran aground on the Quita Sueño Bank.[327] She was abandoned as a total loss on 15 December.[331]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sophie
Germany
The auxiliary schooner came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Rixhöft, West Prussia.[332] She was refloated on 13 December.[329]
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.[320][334] She was a total loss.[330]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Hosianna
Germany
The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Neuwerk, Hamburg.[330]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
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 (Norway).[335]
Meta Trudler
Germany
The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore south of Gothenburg, Sweden.[336] She was a total loss.[337]
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Tasmania
United States
The 10-gross register ton, 33.9-foot (10.3 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire off Wrangell in Southeast Alaska. All four people on board survived.[338]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship sank off Varberg, Halland County.[337]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, North Carolina.[339] She was refloated on 23 December.[331]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1932
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (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.[340]
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).[341] She foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) south west of La Pallice, Charente-Maritime.[342]
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.