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What is recorded here

Sally and William was a sailing vessel bound from Jersey to Swansea when it was lost in Oxwich Bay in 1822. That makes it a firm part of the sea traffic serving Swansea, but the short surviving record does not safely give the cargo, cause, people aboard or physical remains.

The vessel and voyage

Sally and William is described as a sailing vessel travelling from Jersey to Swansea. The surviving summary does not give her rig, size, owner, master or cargo, so those details must remain open.

How it was lost

The vessel was lost in Oxwich Bay in 1822. No checked account in the sources used here says whether she grounded, foundered, struck another vessel or was driven ashore, and no cause is added from the exposed position alone.

Deaths and survival

The available record gives no crew list and no safe count of deaths or survivors. Its silence cannot be turned into a claim that everyone escaped or that lives were lost.

What remains

The Coflein point marks the recorded loss area in Oxwich Bay. No surveyed hull or named group of objects has been tied to Sally and William, so the exact place and survival of remains are uncertain.

Why it mattered

The loss is evidence of the regular sea links between the Channel Islands and industrial Swansea. Even without a complete story, it places a named voyage within the coastal trade on which Swansea depended.