The remains of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but several reports of coin finds and exposures of hull timbers after storms at exceptionally low tides suggest it may be in the vicinity. The finds include concretions which may contain flintlock mechanisms.

Event and Historical Information:
There are several possibilities for the origin of this vessel (see also EL DORADO NPRN 273658). Two incidents noted in 1666, one concerning a Portuguese vessel wrecked on a sandbank 10 miles from Swansea. The other concerning a convoy consisting of a Spanish galleons and two escorts carrying a dowry of gold bullion. Two of the convoy was driven ashore near Spanish Rocks and at Llanrhidian marsh. Another possibility is contained within a letter written some thirty years later by Alexander Trotter, Swansea customs officer, to Edward Mansel, Lord of the Manor, and dated 21 March 1697. The letter refers to 'wreck iron' and the duty payable on Spanish iron. In 1807, 1833 and 1840, there are reports timber exposures and the finding of dollars minted at Potosi, Peru, which feature the marks of Philip VI of Spain. The coins were dated to 1626 and 1639.

Sources include:
Gater, D, 1992, Historic Shipwrecks of Wales, pg16-19
Receiver of Wreck Droits Database 2007 RCIM6/2/5
Rees, P H, 1978, Gower Shipwrecks, pg 29-30
Smith, C. 1993, Gower Coast Shipwrecks, pg 11-12

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, December 2007.