This is the information page about the shipwreck Vina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 59.121 N,0 39.281 E (53.0306333, 0.9186)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: VINA

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20200503

Details measurements/cartography: H8741/48 10.1.49 ST FIXED IN 525904N, 003927E USING HSA. REPD TO BE STEAMER APPROX 500TONS, BROKEN IN 2 PARTS LYING TOGETHER BOWS WEST. WRECK BEARING 257.5DEG. (SML4, 10.12.48)

- NM 58/49. H8741/48 3.4.53 G CAN BUOY LAID CLOSE N OF WK. (AIR MINISTRY)

- NM 781/53. H1179/56 11.2.56 NOW CHARTED AS ST (DRIES 15FT) IN 525903N, 003910E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) LC 108. H8741/48 9.4.58 EX-TARGET SHIP VINA IN 525904N, 003920E, 1.4M FROM THE RECTORY IN BRANCASTER VILLAGE THE VINA WAS PLACED IN POSN DURING WW2, DATE NOT KNOWN. SOLD TO P. F. ROSE & SON AND IS BEING SALVED IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BOILER & MOST OF THE CENTRE SECTION REMOVED. (AIR MINISTRY, 26.3.58) H7923/68 11.12.68 PROPELLER SANK IN CHANNEL, 105.5DEGS, 6.6C FROM WK. (B OF T) H7923/68 9.1.69 PROPELLER SALVED 1.12.68. (B OF T) H4641/21 15.10.76 BUOY AMENDED TO R CAN, 000DEGS, 200FT FROM WK. (TH NM 100/76) R/S. H7923/68 14.6.82 DELETE R CAN BUOY. ADD ISOL DANGER SYMBOLS TO MAST. (TH NM 51/82) R/S. 17.8.93 SHOWN AS ST IN 525903N, 003918E ON AERIAL PHOTO [DTD 1989]. DELETE BN & DRYING HEIGHT. BR STD. HH242/570/05 12.4.96 AFTER PARTIAL DESTRUCTON OF BN MARKING THE WK, TEMP RED CAN BUOY HAS BEEN LAID 315DEGS, 60MTRS FROM WK. (TRINITY HOUSE NM 8/96) NCA. HH242/570/05 9.5.96 TH HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE WK. DISPERSAL OPERATIONS MAY TAKE PLACE WITHOUT NOTICE. (TH NM 13/96) NCA. HH242/570/05 5.11.96 WK MARKED PERMANENTLY BY BN. PILLAR HAS BLACK AND RED HORIZONTAL BANDS, ISOLATED DANGER TOPMARK. RADAR REFLECTOR. TEMP RED CAN BUOY DISCONTINUED. WK IN 525903.5N, 003920.5E. (TH NM 31/96) NCA. HH242/570/05 12.12.96 TEMP RED CAN BUOY REMOVED. (TH TLX DTD 7.12.96). NEVER CHARTED. NCA. 29.6.12 EXAM'D 19.6.12 IN 5259.121N, 0039.281E [WGD] USING HAND-HELD RECEIVER. HEIGHT ABOVE SAND MEASURED AT 2.5MTRS. (THV ALERT, REPORT DTD 19.6.12). AMEND POSN. SEP 2014/000006844 24.1.14 EXAM'D 16.12.13. TOPMARK MISSING. WK OBSERVED TO DRY 6.3MTRS ON PREDICTED TIDE. (THV MAIR, ROS DTD 18.12.13). NCA. SEP 2014/000013023 24.1.14 TOPMARK RE-ESTABLISHED. (THNM 1/14). NCA. SEP 2015/000164560 30.7.15 EXAM'D 7.7.15 IN LISTED POSN. APPROX DRYING HEIGHT -2.2MTRS. BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY). AMEND TO ST -2.2MTRS. SEP 2016/000168399 5.8.16 EXAM'D 26.6.16 IN LISTED POSN; THV ALERT INSPECTED THE WK "VINA" APPROX DRYING HT 2.5MTRS. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY). AMEND ST DRIES 2.5MTRS. SEP 2018/000120823 24.5.18 EXAM'D 3.4.18 IN LISTED POSN; THV ALERT INSPECTED THE WK "VINA" APPROX DRYING HT 2.5MTRS. BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES. BEACON CLEARLY INDICATES DWK. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY). NCA. RSDRA2020/000123077 28.5.2020 EXAM'D IN LISTED POSN; THV ALERT INSPECTED THE WK "VINA" APPROX DRYING HT 2.4MTRS. BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES. BEACON CLEARLY INDICATES DWK. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, DTD 3.5.2020). AMEND DRYING HT TO 2.4MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 59.121 N,0 39.281 E

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