Derekict vessel adrift in vicinity 23-28.00S 042-17.00W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1684/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-07-29 23:02Z
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 410/23 262136Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-26 23:06Z. 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 -23.467, -42.283. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 1683/232023-07-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1684/23 · this notice2023-07-26 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-07-26 23:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-07-29 23:02Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL 410/23 262136Z JUL 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -23.467, -42.283
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL. DNC 01. 1. DEREKICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 23-28.00S 042-17.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 292302Z JUL 23.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
90 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 set of interconnected yellow floats adrift in 25-00.20S 042-40.30W at 101600Z feb2024-02-13
- Derelict S/V adrift in 23-11.00S 042-09.00W on 26 jul2023-07-26
- Derelict lifeboat adrift in vicinity 23-43.00S 042-49.00W at 151400Z feb2023-02-15
- Derelict vessel adrift in 23-57.97S 040-50.87W2023-02-04
- Derelict submersible unreported, last known position in 23-37.80S 039-41.10W at 082207Z jan2023-01-11
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 21-33.82S 040-43.64W at 101601Z sep 222022-09-15
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
- Hazardous operations in progress until 060400Z jun 27 in area bound by 24-39.87S 042-29.30W, 24-39.78S…Exercises · 72.1 nm
- RACON at cabo sao tome light 22-02.52S 041-03.17W off air until 28 sepNav aids · 109.4 nm
- Ponta dos meros light 23-13.57S 044-20.83W unlit until 26 sepNav aids · 114.7 nm
- Underwater operations 1000Z to 2000Z daily until 02 nov 26 by M/V fugro vaquita in: a. 22-26.32S 040-25.47WSurveys · 120 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 07:06Z; 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.