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The '''list of shipwrecks in December 1831''' includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December [[1831]].
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==2 December==
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|ship=''Briton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Paul's Island]], [[Labrador]], [[British North America]] with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Miramichi, New Brunswick]], British North America to [[London]].<ref name=MP140432>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=14 March 1832 |issue=19114 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Eierland]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands, where she broke up on 8 December. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=LM231231>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=23 December 1831 |issue=1077 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Feister von Segultz''
|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on [[Bornholm]], Denmark. She was on a voyage from [[Klaipėda|Memel]] to London.<ref name=S241231b/>
}}
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|ship=''Minerva''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Danzig]], [[Prussia]].<ref name=HP271231>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury |date=27 December 1831 |issue=2458 }}</ref>
}}
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==3 December==
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|ship=''Fame''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Essex]]. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[London]].<ref name=CM081231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=8 December 1831 |issue=17219 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William and Ann''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British North America]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]] to Newfoundland.<ref name=MP280132>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=28 January 1832 |issue=19075 }}</ref>
}}
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==4 December==
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|ship=''Alexander''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Patchogue, New York]] with the loss of four of the nine people on board. She was on a voyage from [[Belize City|Balize]], [[British Honduras]] to [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref name=LM060132>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=6 January 1832 |issue=1079 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Aurora''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[La Baye]], [[Grenada]]. She was on a voyage from [[London]] to Grenada.<ref name=CM240332/>
}}
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|ship=''Benjamin Milliken''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Cape Sable Island]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British North America]]. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Saint Andrews, New Brunswick]], British North America.<ref name=Times100132/><ref name=MP100132/>
}}
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|ship=''Thetis''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Grenada]]
|desc=The ship was run down and sunk by ''Jeune Volsey'' (flag unknown) with the loss of ten lives. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Thomas]], [[Virgin Islands]] to Grenada.<ref name=Times260132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 January 1832 |page=4 |issue=14758 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Vulcan''
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1818}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Tacumshane]], [[County Waterford]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. Her crew survived.<ref name=BNL161231/> }}
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==5 December==
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|ship=''William Pugh''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[Mersey flat]] foundered on the Hoyle Bank, in [[Liverpool Bay]]. Her crew were rescued by a [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]].<ref name=LM091231>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=9 December 1831 |issue=1075 }}</ref>
}}
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==6 December==
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|ship=''British Tar''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Prince Edward Island]], [[British North America]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Cocagne, New Brunswick]], British North America to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=Times200132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 January 1832 |page=4 |issue=14753 |column=A }}</ref> }}
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==7 December==
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|ship=''Atlas''
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked in [[Chesil Cove]] with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands to [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name=Times121231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=12 December 1831 |page=1 |issue=14719 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=CM121231/><ref name=Times151231/><ref name=Dorset>{{cite web |url=http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm |title=Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis |publisher=Burton Bradstock Online |accessdate=26 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Elizabeth|1809 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and was consequently abandoned on 12 December. Her crew were rescued by ''Juno'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British North America]] to [[London]].<ref name=Times040132/>
}}
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|ship=''Margaretta''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Seville]], Spain to [[London]].<ref name=CM121231/>
}}
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|ship=''Oby''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of [[Littlehampton]], [[Sussex]]. She was on a voyage from [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands to [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], Sussex.<ref name=CM121231>{{Cite news |title=From Lloyd's List – Dec. 9. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=12 December 1831 |issue=17221 }}</ref><ref name=MP101231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=10 December 1831 |issue=19033 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank at [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=Times091231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 December 1831 |page=3 |issue=14717 |column=B }}</ref> She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Great Yarmouth.<ref name=CM261231b/>
}}
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==8 December==
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|ship=''St. Laurent''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near [[Littlehampton]], [[Sussex]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. She was on a voyage from the [[Charente (river)|Charente]] to [[London]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times091231/>
}}
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==9 December==
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|ship=''America''
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Her crew were rescued by the [[barque]] ''Nanna'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''America'' was on a voyage from [[Stockholm]], Sweden to [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]].<ref name=CM261231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=26 December 1831 |issue=17227 }}</ref><ref name=LM301231>{{Cite news |title=Thursday Evening's Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=30 December 1831 |issue=1078 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Jane''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked [[league (unit)|15 leagues]] ({{convert|45|nmi|km}} north east of [[Bahia]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]] with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from [[Montevideo]], Uruguay to [[Havana]], Cuba.<ref name=Times210232/><ref name=LM240232/>
}}
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==10 December==
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|ship=''Hannah''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Scoughall Rocks, in the [[Firth of Forth]] off [[Dunbar]], [[Lothian]]. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=CM151231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=15 December 1831 |issue=17222 }}</ref>
}}
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==11 December==
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|ship=''Caroline''
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Cape Henlopen]], [[Delaware]] with the loss of one of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from [[Calcutta]], [[Company Rule in India|India]] to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=LM130132>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=13 January 1832 |issue=1080 }}</ref><ref name=Times190132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=19 January 1832 |page=4 |issue=14752 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Falcon''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Villanova" with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Gibraltar]] to Villanova.<ref name=Times210132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 January 1832 |page=4 |issue=14754 |column=A }}</ref><ref name=MP210132>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=21 January 1832 |issue=19069 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Kitty''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore in [[Fishguard Bay]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to [[Youghal]], [[County Cork]].<ref name=CM241231b/>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Lady Hamilton|1808 ship|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[whaler]] was wrecked in the [[Aldabra Islands]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MC020632>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |date=2 June 1832 |issue=19584}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Phaeton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Saltfleet]], [[Lincolnshire]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands to Hull.<ref name=Times151231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=15 December 1831 |page=6 |issue=14722 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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==12 December==
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|ship=''David Ricardo''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the [[Scheldt]] at Fort St. Mari, [[Antwerp]], Belgium. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to Antwerp.<ref name=HP271231/>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of [[County Donegal]]. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Ballyshannon]], County Donegal.<ref name=Times171231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=17 December 1831 |page=4 |issue=14724 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Fabius''
|flag={{Flagcountry|United Kingdom of the Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Barnegat, New Jersey]], United States. She was on a voyage from [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]] to [[New York City|New York]], United States.<ref name=Times190132/>
}}
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|ship=''John Campbell''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Crookhaven]], [[County Cork]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British North America]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=CM241231b>{{Cite news |title=From Lloyd's List – Dec. 20. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=24 December 1831 |issue=17226 }}</ref> }}
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==13 December==
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|ship=''Friends''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Careen Point, [[County Wexford]]. She was on a voyage from [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] to [[Dublin]].<ref name=Times171231/>
}}
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|ship=''Friends''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Schouwen]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Antwerp]], Belgium.<ref name=CM241231b/>
}}
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|ship=''Standard''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|50|16|N|8|00|W}}). Her crew were rescued by ''Agnes'' ([[File:Flag of Bremen.svg|22px|border]] [[Bremen]]). ''Standard'' was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], British North America to [[London]].<ref name=Times211231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 December 1831 |page=4 |issue=14727 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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==14 December==
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|ship=''Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Saint John's, Newfoundland]] for [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=CM190532>{{Cite news |title=From Lloyd's List – May 15. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=19 May 1832 |issue=17288 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Nanna''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] sprang a leak in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and was abandoned by all on board with the loss of one crew member from ''Nanna''. Survivors were rescued the next day by ''Nimrod'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=LM301231/> }}
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==15 December==
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|ship=''Fort William''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was dismasted off [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British North America]] and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed in to Halifax.<ref name=Times100132/>
}}
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|ship=''Venus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the [[River Lee (Ireland)|River Lee]] and sank. She was on a voyage from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to [[London]].<ref name=Times211231/>
}}
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==16 December==
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|ship=''Esther''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Portland, Dorset]] for [[São Miguel Island|São Miguel]], [[Azores]], Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times030432>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 April 1832 |page=4 |issue=14816 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Favourite''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Kent]] with the loss of a crew member. She was o a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Brixham]], [[Devon]].<ref name=S241231b/>
}}
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|ship=''Hunter''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Crinan, Argyll|Crinan]], [[Argyllshire]].<ref name=CM291231/>
}}
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|ship=''Margaret''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Demerara]]
|desc=The [[schooner]] capsized off the mouth of the [[Orinoco River]] with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from [[Martinique]] to Demerara.<ref name=CM240332>{{Cite news |title=From Lloyd's List – March 21 |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=24 March 1832 |issue=15845 }}</ref> }}
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==17 December==
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|ship=''Brothers''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in [[Dundrum Bay]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Dublin]] to [[Wick, Caithness]].<ref name=CM291231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=29 December 1831 |issue=17228 }}</ref><ref name=S241231b>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |date=24 December 1831 |issue=1440 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lisette''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship struck a rock in the [[North Sea]] off [[North Foreland]], [[Kent]] and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Danzig]], [[Prussia]].<ref name=Times201231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=20 December 1831 |page=1 |issue=14726 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Russell''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground at [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]] and broke her back.<ref name=Times201231/> She was on a voyage from Pembroke to [[New York City|New York]], United States.<ref name=LM231231/>
}}
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|ship=''Salus''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Dunoon]], [[Argyllshire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Cronstadt]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Belfast]], [[County Antrim]].<ref name=CM241231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=24 December 1831 |issue=17226 }}</ref> }}
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==18 December==
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|ship=''Aid''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Roslegh Point" with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times271231/> She was on a voyage from [[Miramichi, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] to [[New Ross]], [[County Wexford]].<ref name=HP030132>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury |date=3 January 1832 |issue=2459 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Cyclops''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] with the loss of two of her eleven crew. She arrived off [[Dunbeg]], [[County Clare]] on 21 December and the survivors were rescued. ''Cyclops'' was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], British North America to [[Dublin]].<ref name=FJ271231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |date=27 December 1831 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hannah''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Dunbaron". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Saint Petersburgh]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to Hull.<ref name=AJ211231>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=The Aberdeen Journal |date=21 December 1831 |issue=4380 }}</ref><ref name=LM231231/>
}}
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|ship=''William Henry''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Seal Island, Nova Scotia]], British North America. She was on a voyage from [[Barbados]] to [[Saint Andrews, New Brunswick]], British North America.<ref name=Times080332>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 March 1832 |page=4 |issue=14794 |column=B }}</ref><!-- This reference:{{cite book |last1=Lawson |first1=James Murray |title=Yarmouth, past and present: a book of reminiscences |date=1902 |publisher=Town of Yarmouth |location=Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |page=[https://archive.org/details/yarmouthpastpres00laws/page/204 204] |url=https://archive.org/details/yarmouthpastpres00laws |accessdate=17 December 2019}} has the wreck occurring on November 18, not December 18 -->
}}
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|ship=''Mary''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The brig was wrecked near [[Cape Sable, Nova Scotia]], British North America. She was on a voyage from [[Dublin]] to [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], British North America, captained by James Duncan of Dublin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lawson |first1=James Murray |title=Yarmouth, past and present: a book of reminiscences |date=1902 |publisher=Town of Yarmouth |location=Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |page=[https://archive.org/details/yarmouthpastpres00laws/page/204 204] |url=https://archive.org/details/yarmouthpastpres00laws |accessdate=17 December 2019}}</ref>
}} Crew and passengers were saved.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crowell |first1=Edwin |title=A history of Barrington township and vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 1604-1870 |date=1923 |publisher=Self-published |location=Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofbarring00crowuoft/page/352 352] |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbarring00crowuoft |accessdate=17 December 2019}}</ref>
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==19 December==
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|ship=''James''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Mullaghmore, County Sligo]]. She was on a voyage from [[Glasgow]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] to [[Ballyshannon]], [[County Donegal]].<ref name=Times040132/>
}}
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|ship=''Miles Standish''
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Abaco Islands]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Savannah, Georgia]] to Jamaica.<ref name=MC110232>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |date=11 February 1832 |issue=19489 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Standard''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked at [[Clovelly]], [[Devon]]. She was on a voyage from [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], [[British North America]] to [[London]].<ref name=CM261231b/>
}}
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==20 December==
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|ship=''Aricic''
|flag=[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]
|desc=The ship foundered off [[Cape Delmele]]. She was on a voyage from [[Genoa]] to [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], France.<ref name=Times030132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 January 1832 |page=4 |issue=14738 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eliza''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in [[Whitsand Bay]], [[Cornwall]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Algeciras]], Spain to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=CM261231b>{{Cite news |title=From Lloyd's List – Dec. 23. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=26 December 1831 |issue=17227 }}</ref><ref name=Times261231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 December 1831 |page=3 |issue=14731 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Three Friends''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was in collision with ''Perseverance'' and sank in the [[North Sea]] off [[Aldeburgh]], [[Suffolk]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Stockton on Tees]], [[County Durham]] to [[London]].<ref name=CM261231b/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==21 December==
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|ship=''Eclipse''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Cape Sable Island]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[British North America]]. She was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]], United States to [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], Nova Scotia.<ref name=Times210232>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 February 1832 |page=3 |issue=14780 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Isabella''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Duggan Rock, in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Ballinskelligs]], [[County Kerry]]. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Miramichi, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=Times090132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 January 1832 |page=1 |issue=14743 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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==22 December==
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|ship=''Edward Walker''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore above [[Digby Gut]] with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] to [[Dublin]].<ref name=LM030232>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=3 February 1832 |issue=1083 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Favourite''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost on the Kentish Knock Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Kent]] with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]].<ref name=Times261231/> Two survivors were rescued by ''Success'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=Times271231/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==23 December==
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|ship=''Junge Jurgon''
|flag=[[File:Admiralty flag of Hamburg.svg|22px]] [[Hamburg]]
|desc=The ship departed from [[Gravesend, Kent]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times040232>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 December 1832 |page=4 |issue=14766 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''La Bonne Julia''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Bannow]], [[County Wexford]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]] to [[Nord (département)|Nord]].<ref name=CM261231/>
}}
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|ship=''William Smith''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]] to [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=Times291231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=29 December 1831 |page=3 |issue=14734 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=S281231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |date=28 December 1831 |issue=1443 }}</ref><ref name=RCG311231>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal |date=31 December 1831 |issue=1488 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==25 December==
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|ship=''Wellington''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[Genoa]], [[Kingdom of Sardinia]] to [[Alicante]], Spain.<ref name=CM260131>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=26 January 1832 |issue=17240 }}</ref> }}
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==26 December==
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|ship=''Gestrickland''
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1818}}
|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the [[Blasket Islands]], [[County Cork]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Agnes'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from [[Gefle]] to [[Gibraltar]]<ref name=Times040132/>
}}
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|ship=''Royal Adelaide''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]].<ref name=Times291231/>
}}
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|ship=''William''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank at [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]]. She was on a voyage from [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]] to Shoreham-by-Sea.<ref name=Times271231>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date27December 1831 |page=4 |issue=14732 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==28 December==
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|ship=''Eagle''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on [[The Skerries, Northern Ireland|The Skerries]], [[County Antrim]] with the loss of all six of her crew. She was on a voyage from the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] to [[Derry|Londonderry]].<ref name=Times040132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=4 January 1832 |page=4 |issue=14739 |column=A }}</ref><ref name=FJ050132>{{Cite news |title=Melancholy Shipwrecks, and Loss of Lives |newspaper=Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser |date=5 January 1832 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Nancy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was wrecked on the Skerries with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Londonderry.<ref name=Times040132/><ref name=FJ050132/>
}}
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==29 December==
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|ship=''Caroline''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[mail boat]] was lost in the [[Digby Gut]]. She was on a voyage from [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], British North America to [[Digby, Nova Scotia]], [[British North America]].<ref name=LM030232/> All aboard were lost.<ref name=Times010232/>
}}
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|ship=''Kallyline'' or ''Molly''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of [[Connemara]], Ireland. She was on a voyage from [[Plymouth, Devon]] to [[Galway]].<ref name=MP100132>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=10 January 1832 |issue=19059 }}</ref><ref name=CM140132>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=14 January 1832 |issue=17235 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Pacific''
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The ship was lost with all hands whilst on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]] to [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]].<ref name=LM030232/>
}}
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|ship=''Volante''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia]] with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Johns to Jamaica.<ref name=LM030232/>
}}
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==30 December==
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|ship=''Mary Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship capsized at [[Newport, Monmouthshire]].<ref name=Times040132/>
}}
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==Unknown date==
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|ship=''Adrian''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Lagos, Xanthi|Lagos]], [[First Hellenic Republic|Greece]] before 10 December whilst bound for [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=MP240332>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=24 March 1832 |issue=16231 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Aid''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Black Water Banks, in the [[Irish Sea]] off the coast of [[County Wexford]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=MP051231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=5 December 1831 |issue=19028 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Aid''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Rossbeigh]], [[County Kerry]] with the loss of all eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Miramichi, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] to [[New Ross]], [[County Wexford]].<ref name=FJ271231/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of [[Delaware]], United States before 17 December. She was on a voyage from [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]] to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref name=Times190132/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ann Comer''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore and wrecked on [[Hanö]], Sweden. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]] to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=BNL161231>{{Cite news |title=Belfast Ship News |newspaper=The Belfast News-Letter |date=16 December 1831 |issue=9861 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Arrow|1813|2}}
|flag=[[File:Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.svg|22px]] [[His Majesty's Coastguard]]
|desc=The watch vessel, a [[brig]], was driven ashore and wrecked near [[Newhaven, Sussex]].<ref name=Renno>{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |pages=115–117|publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bellerophon''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Green Point, Newfoundland]], British North America.<ref name=S271231>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |date=27 December 1831 |issue=1442 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Briton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered on or after 2 December. She was on a voyage from Miramichi to London.<ref name=LM240232>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc. |date=24 February 1832 |issue=1086 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Cleopatra''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from [[Dublin]] to [[Van Diemen's Land]].<ref name=MP271231>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Morning Post |date=27 December 1831 |issue=19047 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Concordia''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Öland]], Sweden.<ref name=MP101231/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Congress''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Belle Île]], [[Finistère]], France with the loss of 60 lives. There were at least eighteen survivors.<ref name=S241231>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Standard |date=24 December 1831 |issue=1440 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Duke of Wellington''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Jersey]]
|desc=The ship was abandoned off [[Cape San Antonio, Spain]] before 30 December.<ref name=Times190132/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Experiment''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on or before 31 December. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[São Miguel Island|São Miguel]], [[Azores]], Portugal to [[London]].<ref name=Times260132/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Glentanner''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in [[Loch Madden]]. She was on a voyage from [[Stockholm]], Sweden to [[Limerick]].<ref name=CM090432>{{Cite news |title=From Lloyd's List – April 6. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=9 April 1832 |issue=17271 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hannah and Tomb''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from Quebec City bound for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=LM100232>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |date=10 February 1832 |issue=1084 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hebe''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Düne]], [[Heligoland]] in late December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Riga]], Russia to Liverpool.<ref name=Times190132/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Henry''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was lost near [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]], [[Zeeland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Bordeaux]], [[Gironde]] to [[Antwerp]], Belgium.<ref name=Times171231/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Jones''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked near [[Oslo|Christiana]], Norway. She was on a voyage from [[Havre de Grâce]], [[Seine-Inférieure]] to [[Saint Petersburgh]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name=MP101231/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Lord Wellington''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Point Aux Caux", [[Nova Scotia]], British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Chatham, Kent]] to [[Quebec City]], [[Lower Canada]], British North America.<ref name=Times100132/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pacific''
|flag={{flag|United States|1822}}
|desc=The ship was lost with all hands in late December. She was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]] to [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], Nova Scotia.<ref name=Times010232/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rosean''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on "Point Sepeau", Nova Scotia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to London.<ref name=Times100132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 January 1832 |page=6 |issue=14744 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Teutonia''
|flag=[[File:Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg|22px]] [[Rostock]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Nidinger" before 12 December. She was on a voyage from Rostock to [[Rouen]], Seine-Inférieure, France.<ref name=Times271231/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Vigilant''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the North Bank, in [[Liverpool Bay]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], British North America to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=MP051231/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Volante''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[British North America]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Gut of Canso]] near Sandy Cove, [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] in late December with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from [[Saint John's, Newfoundland]] to Jamaica.<ref name=Times010232>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=1 February 1832 |page=4 |issue=14763 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Young Samuel''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Bay of Bulls]]. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]].<ref name=MP280132/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}
==References==
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[[Category:Maritime incidents in December 1831]]