SPANISH BULLION GALLEON, 1588 - 1588 wreck of Spanish galleon, said in secondary sources to be named the PEREIRA and to have stranded at Ramsgate with a cargo of silver and gold. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. This report appears to conflate the action at Gravelines on the opposite coast on that day, with the more prosaic reality of a unnamed hulk from Lisbon, whose cargo is not cited, which was driven into Dover Roads on 28 August 1588: this was, however, a navigational incident, rather than a wreck event. Had the vessel been carrying a rich cargo, as suggested, it would certainly have been noted in the primary sources. Status: Casualty