What is recorded here
Lochgarry is a steam passenger ferry that sank in County Antrim waters in 1942. She still stands upright at twenty-three to thirty-five metres, her 84.9 metre frame mostly intact after eighty years of darkness. Whatever she carried that night remains buried inside her ribs, waiting for someone brave enough to look.
The official Northern Ireland wreck record identifies Lochgarry as Steam passenger ferry. It was lost in 1942. Recorded depth: 23-35m. Recorded condition: Wreck lies upright and mostly intact. Anomaly: 84.9m X 16.6m X 7.4m. Legal protection recorded by the source: HMAOO 1995.
Lochgarry was a steam passenger ferry lost in 1942 during World War II. It sank in Irish waters, likely due to enemy action or mine strike, and was found upright and mostly intact at a depth of 23–35m; no lives or cargo loss is specifically recorded, but its wartime loss adds historical significance to the local maritime record.
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