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Place name : S.S. Lochgarry, Rathlin Island. County : Antrim

Date : 2025-07-31 GPS : 55.26583,-6.17370. Depth : -25.0 to -30.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description : Wreck of the S.S. Lochgarry and seabed adjacent to the wreck, composed of very tide-swept boulders covered with diverse deep water hydroids and sponges, on muddy sand.

Pollack, Pollachius pollachius, [00:01:26]; Cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, [00:01:47]; Ling, Molva molva, [00:04:03]; Rare hydroid, Polyplumaria flabellata, [00:06:25]; Hydroids, Polyplumaria flabellata & Diphasia alata, [00:09:32]; Hydroids, Diphasia alata & Diphasia fallax, [00:10:48]; Norwegian antenna hydroid, Nemertesia norvegica, [00:12:29]; Football sea squirt, Diazona violacea, [00:13:06]; Large cup-shaped sponge, Axinella infundibuliformis, [00:13:30]; Spiny starfish, Marthasterias glacialis, [00:14:59]

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