This is the information page about the shipwreck Vingafors, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 42.386 N,17 21.197 E (55.706433333333, 17.353283333333)

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: VINGAFORS

Length 33 meter, width: 6.7 meter

Cause:

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: HH165/410/02 6.7.98 SUNK IN 554223N, 172116E [STO]. DEPTH OVER NOT KNOWN. (SWEDISH NM 548(T)/98). NCA. HH165/410/02 6.7.98 NO SALVAGE OPERATION PLANNED. WK WILL BE BUOYED. (BALTICO TELEX DTD 19.5.98). HH165/410/02 6.7.98 WK OF 33MTR FV EXISTS IN 554223N, 172112E [STO]. MINIMUM DEPTH NOT KNOWN. TWO W CARD SPAR BUOYS HAVE BEEN LAID 100MTRS W OF THE WK. (SWEDISH NAV WARNING 195). INS AS DW WITH BUOYS.

- NM 2809/98. HH165/410/02 20.7.98 WK OF FV 'VINGAFORES', LENGTH 33MTRS, BEAM 6.7MTRS IN 554223N, 72112W [STO]. LEAST DEPTH NOT KNOWN. GEN DEPTH ABOUT 18MTRS. TWO W CARD SPAR BUOYS ARE LAID ABOUT 100MTRS W OF THE WK, ABOUT 60MTRS APART. (SWEDISH NM 28/868(T)/98). NCA. HH165/410/02 10.3.99 LEAST DEPTH ABOVE THE MAST IS 6MTRS. TWO SPAR BUOYS 100MTRS W OF WK, ABOUT 60MTRS APART. (SWEDISH NM 33/1006(T)/98). AMEND TO WK 6MTRS. BR STD. HH165/410/02 31.3.00 ONE OF THE TWO W CARDINAL SPAR BUOYS HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. REMAINING BUOY IS 100MTRS W OF THE WK. DEPTH OVER THE WK IS 6MTRS. (SWEDISH NM 12/310(T)/00). AMEND TO WK 6MTRS, DELETE ONE BUOY, AMEND POSN OF OTHER TO CLOSE W.

- NM 1789/00. HH165/410/02 12.9.01 WK IN 5542.38N, 1721.20E [STO]. LEAST DEPTH 6MTRS. W CARDINAL SPAR BUOY APPROX 100MTRS W OF WK. (SWEDISH NM 35/658(T)/01). NCA. HH165/410/02 28.9.01 LIES IN 5542.38N, 1721.40E [STO]. (SWEDISH NM 25/609/01 REC'D 28.9.01). OUT OF SEQUENCE. NCA. HH165/410/03 18.8.03 VESSEL WILL NOT BE SALVAGED. MASTS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 12MTRS IN 5542.38N, 1721.20E [WGD]. SPAR BUOY WILL BE REMOVED. (SWEDISH NM 32/1306/03) WK 6MTRS & BUOY NOT SHOWN ON BA 2215 [EDN 4 MAY'03]. INSERT WK 12MTRS.

- NM 4204/03. SEP 2012/000058102 3.4.12 SHOWN AS WK 15.1MTRS IN 5542.386N, 1721.197E [WGD] ON SE2BHS1S [EDN 16.1].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 42.386 N,17 21.197 E

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