The VIC's mooring at Portsmouth Dockyard

VIC 56 is now settling into her new home with Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth.

Recent events

These have included participation in the Thames Royal Jubilee Pageant, the Harwich Sea Festival in 2013, and recent perfomances by Richard Wilson and Zatorski & Zatorski's '1513: A Steam Opera' on the Thames in 2013, and 51° 21' 45" N, 1° 01' 13" E Whitstable Sounding' in 2014.

VIC 56 often attends the Swale Barge Match, most recently in 2016, and undertakes a series of trips each summer, such as attending the August 2017 'Something for the weekend' festival at Gravesend.