Derelict F/V rietgans on fire and adrift vicinity 33-14.4S 018-04.5E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1683/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-09-11 00:00Z
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) · PORT CONTROL SALDANHA BAY AOR-E 054 040712Z SEP 03. Issued 2003-09-04 08:50Z. 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 -33.240, 18.075. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 2182 khz between 40-00S 53-00S and coastlinecancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-09-04 08:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PORT CONTROL SALDANHA BAY AOR-E 054 040712Z SEP 03
- issued by
- PORT CONTROL SALDANHA BAY AOR-E
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -33.240, 18.075
- vessel
- F/V RIETGANS
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT F/V RIETGANS ON FIRE AND ADRIFT VICINITY 33-14.4S 018-04.5E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1668/03(23). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 11 SEP.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- 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
5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 k iron mountain adrift in vicinity 32-58.66S 014-30.93E2022-03-18
- M/V tenacity venture, not under command and adrift in vicinity 34-50.2S 020-52.1E2018-11-16
- S/V fluer adrift and in need of assistance in 33-50.7S 015-48.1E2003-06-28
- S/V fluer adrift and in need of assistance in 33-50.7S 015-48.1E2003-06-28
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 22:08Z; 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.