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

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1932

Ship	State	Description
Minas	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground on Fleves. The crew abandoned ship.[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1932

Ship	State	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′N 179°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	State	Description
Teresa Schiaffino	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	State	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	State	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	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	State	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	State	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	State	Description
Mango	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	State	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	State	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	State	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	State	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	State	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 ( Norway). Evergunar was a total loss.[15][21]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1932

Ship	State	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	State	Description
Glenaan	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of Arran, Ayrshire. All ten crew survived.[23]
Maryolio V. Polemis	Greece	The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached at Vatika.[24] She was refloated on 5 February.[25]
Mary	Denmark	The auxiliary schooner collided with Kong Ring ( Norway) at Hamburg, Germany and sank. The crew were rescued.[23]
Nikos Marcou	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground in the Little Belt.[24] She was refloated on 25 January.[26]
Yu Chang	Republic of China Navy	The destroyer was wrecked at Nantung Chao, China. Her wreck was salvaged and scrapped.[27]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1932

Ship	State	Description
HMS Rainbow	Royal Navy	The Rainbow-class submarine ran aground in the English Channel off Ventnor, Isle of Wight. She was refloated later that day.[28]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1932

Ship	State	Description
Hazel B No. 2	United States	While out of the water on a slipway for the winter at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, the 135-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire.[29]
Mildred Adams	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. The crew were rescued.[30]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1932

Ship	State	Description
HMS M2	Royal Navy	The M-class submarine sank in West Bay, Dorset (50°34′36″N 2°33′56″W / 50.57667°N 2.56556°W / 50.57667; -2.56556) with the loss of all 60 crew.
Wanda	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground on Euboea.[31] She was refloated on 30 January.[32]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1932

Ship	State	Description
Venustas	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Kerch, Soviet Union.[33] She was refloated on 12 February.[34]
Sea Lion II	United States	An hour after striking a submerged object and beginning to flood during a voyage from Foggy Bay to Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, the 18-gross register ton, 43.8-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Point Alava (55°11′30″N 131°11′00″W / 55.19167°N 131.18333°W / 55.19167; -131.18333 (Point Alava)) in Southeast Alaska. Her owner and captain, who was the only person aboard, abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.[35]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1932

Ship	State	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.[36]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1932

Ship	State	Description
Cotabato	United States	The cargo ship came ashore on the east coast of Samar, Philippines and was a total loss.[37]
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.[37] She was towed to Tazacorte by San Miguel ( Spain) but subsequently sank.[38]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1932

Ship	State	Description
President Roosevelt	United States	The ocean liner was rammed by Roma ( Italy) at New York and was severely damaged.[38]

February

3 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Endicott	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in the Dry Tortugas.[39] She was refloated on 6 February.[40]

4 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Lakewood	United States	The 9-gross register ton motor 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 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Antartico	Chile	The cargo ship collided with Yero Carras ( Chile) off Magallanes and sank. The crew were rescued.[40]
Eleanor Nickerson	United States	The schooner collided with Jean Jadot ( Belgium) in the Atlantic Ocean (43°05′N 63°45′W / 43.083°N 63.750°W / 43.083; -63.750) and sank with the loss of 21 of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by Jean Jadot.[25]
Ingerid	United Kingdom	The coaster was sunk at Saint-Denis, Réunion in a cyclone.[42]
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.[25] She was refloated the next day.[40]
Larnie B. Shaw	United States	The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey with the loss of seven crew.[43]
Linaria	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Denis, Réunion in a cyclone.[42] She was refloated on 10 February.[44]

6 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Ginzan Maru	Japan	The coaster sank at Hakodate.[40]
Kostis	Greece	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kerch, Soviet Union.[45] She was abandoned on 11 February as a total loss.[34]

8 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
USS Whipple	United States Navy	The Clemson-class destroyer collided with Rosalie Moller ( United Kingdom) in the Yangtze at Shanghai, China and was severely damaged.[46]

10 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
E. Rose	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington, Devon.[47] She was refloated on 23 February.[48]

11 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Pytheas	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 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Olivia	Venezuela	The cargo ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew.[34]

14 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Hayo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Bunbury, Western Australia. She was refloated on 22 February.[51][52]
Isleworth	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 ton motor 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 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Evanghelos Nomikos	Greece	The cargo ship struck rocks at Iğneada, Turkey and was beached.[56] She was refloated later that day.[57]
Italia	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground off Gandia, Valencia, Spain.[56] She was refloated on 13 April.[58]

16 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Sakaye Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Wakkanai, Hokkaidō.[59] She was refloated on 23 February.[60]

18 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Seestern	Germany	The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Ethiopian ( United Kingdom) in the Weser and was beached. The crew were rescued.[61]

20 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Titan	flag unknown	The dredger capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (35°39′N 8°29′W / 35.650°N 8.483°W / 35.650; -8.483). The crew were rescued by Schelde ( Netherlands).[7]

21 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
America First	United States	During a voyage from Taku Harbor in Southeast Alaska to Juneau, Territory of Alaska, the 36-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) outside Stockade Point (58°03′30″N 134°01′45″W / 58.05833°N 134.02917°W / 58.05833; -134.02917 (Stockade Point)) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a small boat and was rescued by the vessel Moira ( United States).[62]
Mary Jones	United Kingdom	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 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Northern Firth	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 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Cecil	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Lady Martin ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Shadwell and sank.[48] She was raised the next day.[13]

24 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Stylianos Coutsodontis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Galata, Cyprus.[13] She was refloated on 29 February.[64]

27 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1932

Ship	State	Description
Seitoku Maru	Japan	The cargo ship came ashore at Amichishima, Miyagi Prefecture.[65] She was refloated on 6 March.[66]

28 Februaryedit