Shipwrecks

Shipwrecks around  Gower.

The Gower peninsula was a centre for smuggling during the 18th and 19th centuries, when heavy customs duties were levied on items such as tobacco, spirits and tea. Oral tradition has it that wrecking was prevalent with lanterns set along the coast luring ships to their destruction. There is little documented evidence for this. On the other hand it is evident that much opportunism was made of vessels that came to grief and no doubt a good deal of associated skulduggery.

We are collecting information on the wrecks along with with useful links to other sites and related books.

We make no claims about the accuracy of the data, though we have of course done our best! The maps are diagramatic giving an indication of where the wrecks are. We welcome any comments or assistance in improving this information.