Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may possibly be in the vicinity.

Event and Historical Information:
The PHOEBE AND PEGGY was a sailing vessel, possibly built in Philadelphia according to a contemporary ballad. The ship was on passage from Philadelphia to Newry under the command of master McCullough. The ship was lost on the 19 January 1773 in St Bride's Bay near the entrance to Solva harbour on St Eves Rock. The loss occurred during a severe gale from the southwest. A boat from Solva went out to bring the passengers and crew to safety but was overturned on its return journey drowning 12 passengers, 3 crewmen and the four rescuers. Some 60 people were believed to have been drowned in total. Plunderers of the wreck are recorded as stealing rings from a lady passenger's fingers and stripping the clothes off a baby washed ashore. The victims were later buried in Brawdy Church.

Sources include:
Gater, D, 1992, Historic Shipwrecks of Wales, pg96-7
Goddard, T, 1983, Pembrokeshire Shipwrecks, pg65-6
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, March 2008.