Derelicts

Derelict lifeboat adrift in 27-41S 015-07E at 151236Z jan

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 131/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-01-18 20:52Z

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 21/13 151740Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-15 20:52Z. 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 -27.683, 15.117. 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: 2013-01-15 20:52Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-01-18 20:52Z
authority: NAVAREA VII 21/13 151740Z JAN 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -27.683, 15.117
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. DERELICT LIFEBOAT ADRIFT IN 27-41S 015-07E
   AT 151236Z JAN. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182052Z JAN 13.

Reading this warning

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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

8 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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
M/V ocean prince disabled and adrift in 29-29.31S 012-51.05E2022-01-30
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

NAVAREA VII 221 of 2026: (29 jul 26) 1. south atlantic ocean - ne sector - offshore oranjemund 2. charts san…Other · 84.1 nm

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.