Derelict vessel adrift in 06-42.15S 034-34.39W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1863/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-09-28 11:55Z
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 SAR 152/09 271928Z SEP 09.. Issued 2009-09-27 19:53Z. 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 -6.702, -34.573. 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
- Vessel disabled and adrift in 06-42.15S 034-34.39Wlater cancellation notice
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 1863/09 · this notice2009-09-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1869/092009-09-28 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2009-09-27 19:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2009-09-30 20:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V SAR 152/09 271928Z SEP 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V SAR
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -6.702, -34.573
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 06-42.15S 034-34.39W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 302000Z 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- 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
21 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 liftraft adrift in vicinity 07-44.64S 034-38.55W at 230730Z may2023-05-24
- Derelict barge save life adrift in vicinity 04-44.13S 036-47.48W at 160250Z jul2019-07-17
- Vessel monte sinai disabled and adrift in vicinity 03-52S 033-49W2017-05-17
- Derelict S/V adrift in 07-45S 034-30W2015-10-19
- F/V rosa maria disabled and adrift in 07-35.62S 034-36.94W at 132123Z apr2015-04-13
- Derelict ten meter S/V nativo, white hull, adrift vicinity 06-02.0S 033-41.5W at 301921Z sep2014-10-01
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
- Odas buoy established in 05-09.46S 035-09.81WNav aids · 99.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:36Z; 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.