Simplified Wreck Survey
UK Hydrographic Office wreck details for Nova Tuna 1, a dangerous underwater obstruction and dangerous wreck located off the coast of Tema, Ghana, near the Tema Harbor entrance. The official wreck position is 5 38.17 N, 0 2.62 E. Historical survey records from 1992 to 2008 indicate that the site originally involved a dangerous wreck with a single mast showing at low water, identified as the fishing vessel Nova Tuna 1. Over time, the structure partially broke up, drifted inshore, and the mast was no longer sighted during port visits, leading to charting updates as a dangerous wreck with a position approximate. The site has historically been marked by various navigational buoys including orange spherical buoys and south cardinal light buoys near the Ghana coast.
Surveying Details
HH432/350/01 8.1.92 HH432/350/01 8.1.92 DW, WITH SINGLE MAST SHOWING AT LW, IN 053828N, 000257E. (TEMA HBR MASTER NM, 18.11.91). INS AS DW MAST. - NM 177/92. HH429/410/01 10.3.92 HH429/410/01 10.3.92 WK, LEAST DEPTH UNKNOWN BUT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, REPORTED IN 053816N, 000239E. MARKED BY SMALL UNLIT ORANGE BUOY. (HMS ACTIVE, HN 18.2.92). HH432/350/01 15.4.92 HH432/350/01 15.4.92 LIES APPROX 1.6M ENE OF HBR ENTRANCE. MARKED BY 2 UNLIT ORANGE CAN BUOYS LAID CLOSE E AND W OF WK. (MV TRENNTSEE, HN 7.3.92). NFA. HH429/410/01 20.5.92 HH429/410/01 20.5.92 CHARTED POSN AND EXISTENCE OF BUOY CONFIRMED. (GHANA PORTS & HBR AUTH, 1.4.92). - NM 1425(P)/92 REFERS. INS ORANGE SPH BUOY. - NM 1425(P)/92. HH429/410/01 20.4.93 HH429/410/01 20.4.93 INS ORANGE SPH BUOY CLOSE S ON 3432. - NM 1307/93. HH429/410/02 14.9.93 HH429/410/02 14.9.93 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF FV NOVA TUNA 1. MARKED BY S CARD LT BUOY IN 053827N, 000254E. (HBR MASTER, TEMA, 7.9.93). INS BUOY. - NM 3381/93. HH429/410/02 3.3.94 HH429/410/02 3.3.94 AMEND TO DW (MAST) PA IN 053800N, 000236E, MARKED BY ORANGE SPHERICAL BUOY CLOSE N. S CARD BUOY NOT YET DEPLOYED. (GHANA PORTS & HARBOUR AUTHORITY LTR DTD 26.1.94). - NM 920/94. HH429/410/02 7.12.94 HH429/410/02 7.12.94 S CARDINAL PILLAR LT BUOY Q(6)+LFL INSERTED CLOSE S. ORANGE SPHERICAL BUOY DELETED. (GHANA PORTS AND HARBOURS AUTHORITY). - NM 4015/94. HH429/410/02 6.6.96 HH429/410/02 6.6.96 S CARDINAL LT BUOY HAS BEEN VANDALISED. NOT LIKELY TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) - NM 2566/96. HH429/410/02 10.9.97 HH429/410/02 10.9.97 WK HAS PARTLY BROKEN UP AND HAS DRIFTED MORE INSHORE. (GHANA PORTS AND HARBOURS AUTHORITY, LTD DTD 24.6.97, REC 28.8.97). NCA. HH429/410/04 7.10.04 HH429/410/04 7.10.04 MAST NOT SIGHTED DURING TWO PORT VISITS. (RFA ROSALINE, HN DTD 5.10.04). AMEND DW PA. - NM 5060/04. 25.11.08 25.11.08 SHOWN AS DW PA IN 0538.170N, 0002.620E [WGD] ON US 57082 [4TH EDN MAR '08]. NE 1380.