Derelict F/V petrel adrift in 46-26S 065-15W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1873/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-10-10 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) · NAVAREA VI 368/03 02 OCT 03. Issued 2003-10-03 08:10Z. 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 -46.433, -65.250. 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
- 2003-10-03 08:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 368/03 02 OCT 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -46.433, -65.250
- vessel
- F/V PETREL · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT F/V PETREL ADRIFT IN 46-26S 065-15W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 OCT.
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.
- 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
24 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 F/V puente america adrift in 47-10S 063-23W2007-01-27
- Derelict F/V adrift vicinity 47-01S 063-44W2007-01-21
- F/V don juan adrift 45-28S 064-33W2006-07-26
- F/V magdalena adrift 45-16S 064-24W2006-07-26
- Derelict F/V adrift vicinity 45-38S 063-46W at 090200Z mar2005-03-09
- Derelict F/V mar bella adrift in 45-48S 061-33W2004-02-24
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 12:32Z; 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.