The Mohegan (Wreck)
A ten-minute journey from Porthkerris lies The Mohegan. A 482ft, 6,889 gross tonnage luxury, four-masted, single funnel liner which sank in mysterious circumstances after hitting the Manacles in 1898. The Mohegan needs to be dived at slack tide or on weak neap tides.
Gorgonian fans, Dead Man’s Fingers, jewel anemones, conger eels, flatfish, and angler fish. A few luxury artifacts belonging to the passengers are still found each year.
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Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
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Total number of species approx.: 600
Wrasse
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Total number of species approx.: 7000
Crab
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Total number of species approx.: 60
Spiny Lobster
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Total number of species approx.: 2
Pollock
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Total number of species approx.: 190
Conger Eel
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Total number of species approx.: 125
Gurnards
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Total number of species approx.: 22