Derelicts

Ropes from sunken F/V nicole adrift vicinity 23-49.20S 013-20.03E

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-01-04 07:32Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA VII 1/13 010330Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-01 07:32Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -23.820, 13.334. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2013-01-01 07:32Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-01-04 07:32Z
authority: NAVAREA VII 1/13 010330Z JAN 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -23.820, 13.334
vessel: F/V NICOLE · 4 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
NAMIBIA.
1. ROPES FROM SUNKEN F/V NICOLE ADRIFT
   VICINITY 23-49.20S 013-20.03E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 040732Z JAN 13.

Reading this warning

Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

7 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

F/V penduka bay disabled and adrift in 25-40.30S 013-50.20E2024-05-05
Debris from sunken F/V resplendent adrift in 21-41.0S 012-48.6E2020-02-18
Derelict M/V southwest mongoose aground2018-01-15
Derelict M/V southwest mongoose aground2018-01-11
M/V la quiero possibly disabled2017-03-14
Derelict 43 foot S/V miscky, white hull, adrift in 26-45S 013-03E2014-01-06

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:47Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.