Derelct S/V barbara adrift in 34-55.8S 049-48.5W at 172031Z may
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1237/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-05-21 01:00Z
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 V S 633/13 180040Z MAY 13.. Issued 2013-05-18 00:51Z. 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 -34.930, -49.808. 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
- 2013-05-18 00:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-05-21 01:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V S 633/13 180040Z MAY 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V S
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -34.930, -49.808
- vessel
- S/V BARBARA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST. 1. DERELCT S/V BARBARA ADRIFT IN 34-55.8S 049-48.5W AT 172031Z MAY. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210100Z MAY 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
17 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Derelict 15 meter F/V safadi seif, blue and white hull adrift in vicinity 32-14.05S 049-44.80W at 281727Z aug2023-08-29
- M/V F7V mercea disabled and adrift in 35-41.90S 052-04.10W2023-03-18
- F/V mercea disabled and adrift in 34-49.10S 051-45.20W2023-03-18
- Vessel albert disabled and adrift in 34-04S 052-42W at 250609Z jul2014-07-25
- F/V sao francisco disabled and adrift in 32-38S 051-48W at 082130Z jan2012-01-09
- F/V sao francisco disabled and adrift in 33-58S 052-38W at 090045Z jan2012-01-09
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:04Z; 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.