Derelicts

Derelict S/V sylnael adrift in 00-42.02S 030-59.07W at 191600Z sep

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2320/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-09-22 23:50Z

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 286/13 192330Z SEP 13.. Issued 2013-09-19 23:51Z. 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 -0.700, -30.985. 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
2013-09-19 23:51Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-09-22 23:50Z
authority
NAVAREA V 286/13 192330Z SEP 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-0.700, -30.985
vessel
S/V SYLNAEL
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH ATLANTIC.
1. DERELICT S/V SYLNAEL ADRIFT IN
   00-42.02S 030-59.07W AT 191600Z SEP.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 222350Z SEP 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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

13 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 00:28Z; 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.