This is the information page about the shipwreck Vinca gorthon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 45.933 N,4 12.725 E (52.76555, 4.2120833)

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: VINCA GORTHON

Length 166.1 meter, width: 23.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 18773 ton
Load: vehicles,general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1987 by korea shipbuilding & engineeering corporation, busan. owned at time of loss by vinca shipholding sa. passage oskarshamn, sweden, for purfleet, river thames. developed severe list during a gale & was abandoned by crew. later capsized & sank. (msd).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H4352/84 30.3.88 SANK IN 524559N, 041250E. REPD TO HAVE BROKEN IN TWO & TO BE LYING ON TOP OF AN OIL PIPELINE. SOME TRAILERS, WHICH WERE CARRYING CARGO, HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT OF THE WK TOWARDS THE SHORE. MARKED BY TWO W; TWO E; & S CARD BUOYS, & A FURTHER W CARDINAL BUOY WITH RACON, IN 524543N, 041152E [EUR]. OWNERS WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE WK. (LL 3,8,14,16,19 & 28.3.88; NETH CG NAV WARNING 15/88; NETH NM 161(P)/88). NM ACTION, SEE BELOW. H4352/84 5.4.88 ABOVE REPEATED EXCEPT THAT ONLY MARKED BY ONE BUOY TO THE E. THE OUTER W CARDINAL BUOY CARRIES A RACON 'D'. (NETH NM 172/88).

- NM 1194/88. H2144/87 13.7.88 W CARD BUOY, RACON, WITHDRAWN. (NETH NM 332/88).

- NM 2194/88. H4352/84 4.8.88 W CARD BUOY, Q(9)15S, RACON 'D', ESTABLISHED CLOSE W OF WK. (NETH NM 383/88).

- NM 2650/88. HH160/351/01 13.9.89 NOW SW 10.8MTRS. (NETH NM 501/89).

- NM 2838/89. SEP 2010/000002211 12.1.10 SALVAGE OPERATIONS DUE MARCH TO NOVEMBER 2010. TWO JACK-UP PLATFORMS & ADDITIONAL VESSELS WILL BE EMPLOYED. GUARDSHIP WILL BE IN SITU. (JAN RICKEN, EMAIL DTD 5.1.10). AWAIT FURTHER. NCA. SEP 2010/000009784 20.1.10 REPEAT OF INFORMATION AT 12.1.10. (NETHERLANDS NM 2/56(T)/10). NCA. 28.5.10 SHOWN IN 5245.933N, 0412.725E [WGD] ON BA 126 [EDN 1 DTD 2.8.07, 1:60,000, CO-PRODUCTION]. SEP 2011/000050420 16.3.11 SALVAGE OPERATIONS DUE TO COMMENCE END MARCH/EARLY APRIL 2011. TWO BARGES AND ADDITIONAL VESSELS WILL BE EMPLOYED. (A B VAN MAREN, EMAIL DTD 7.2.11).

- NM 1511T/11.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 45.933 N,4 12.725 E

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