List of shipwrecks in 1932

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

January

26 January

HMS M2 ( Royal Navy), an experimental aircraft-carrying submarine sank in West Bay, all 60 crew lost.

April

April 23

Sea Prince, a sailing ship owned by F. Placanica, was lost off Dongara, with 3 crewmen^[1]

May

8 May

• Essex Friar ( United Kingdom) ran aground on the Hillekrog Spit, Lolland, Denmark. Refloated and taken to Copenhagen where declared a constructive total loss. Subsequently scrapped.^[2]

19 May

• Georges Philippar ( France) sank in Gulf of Aden four days after catching fire with the loss of 54 lives.

August

• Duke of Lancaster ( United Kingdom) ran aground on Copeland Islands, Northern Ireland in fog. Refloated and returned to service.^[3]

5 August

• Antonchu ( Spain) foundered 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of Cape Santa María, Portugal ().^[2]

September

13 September

• Chloe ( Italy) foundered off Ouessant, France ().^[4]

Unknown date

• Glamorgan Coast ( United Kingdom) ran aground off Cape Cornwall. Fourteen crew and the one passenger rowed to safety, ship a total loss.^[5]

October

10 October

• Scheldestad ( Belgium) Abandoned sinking in the Bay of Biscay. Crew rescued by Lancastria ( United Kingdom). Ship remained afloat and towed by tugs Max Berendt and Seefalke ( Germany) to La Coruna, Spain where repaired and returned to service on 12 October.^[4]

14 October

• Monte Nevoso ( Italy) ran aground on Haisbro' Sands off the Norfolk coast; ship a total loss^[6].

Unknown date

• Schooner Sarah Evans ( United Kingdom) near Porthtowan, Cornwall; the three crewmen were rescued^[7]

November

14 November

• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ( Netherlands) caught fire in Amsterdam harbour. Burned for nine days, declared a total loss and sold for scrap.

December

• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ( Netherlands) broke free from her tow, hit harbour wall at Pernis, caught fire then sank. Raised and completed her journey to the scrapyard.

References

See also

Ship events in 1932
Ship launches:	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937
Ship commissionings:	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937
Ship decommissionings:	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937
Shipwrecks:	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937