Derelict seven meter vessel, M/V beatrice I, red hull, adrift in 03-24S 038-38W at 102002Z may
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1286/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-05-14 01:05Z
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 COASTAL N 355/21 110017Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-11 01:05Z. 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 -3.400, -38.633. 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
- 2021-05-11 01:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-05-14 01:05Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL N 355/21 110017Z MAY 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL N
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -3.400, -38.633
- vessel
- M/V BEATRICE I
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL-NORTH COAST. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT SEVEN METER VESSEL, M/V BEATRICE I, RED HULL, ADRIFT IN 03-24S 038-38W AT 102002Z MAY. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140105Z MAY 21.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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
11 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 vessel adrift in 02-58.11S 038-58.44W on 15 jul2022-07-16
- Derelict barge save life adrift in vicinity 04-44.13S 036-47.48W at 160250Z jul2019-07-17
- Derelict ten meter S/V nativo, white hull, adrift in 03-15.40S 037-56.40W at 081820Z oct2014-10-09
- Derelict vessel compescal-v adrift in 04-19.15S 037-43.70W2013-10-26
- Derelict vessel ramco crusader adrift vicinity 03-47.8S 037-45.3W at 122120Z aug2013-08-13
- S/V vinicius disabled and adrift vicinity 02-07.65S 040-37.28W at 021400Z aug2013-08-03
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 01:49Z; 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.