Derelict S/V perla gdynia adrift in 39-01.2S 019-55.1E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2592/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-08 12:30Z
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 VII 240/16 050227Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-05 12:30Z. 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 -39.020, 19.918. 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 from S/V perla gdynia, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in 38-56.5S…cancelled by this 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 2592/16 · this notice2016-10-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3042/162016-10-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-10-05 12:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-10-08 12:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 240/16 050227Z OCT 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -39.020, 19.918
- vessel
- S/V PERLA GDYNIA · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 01, DNC 02. 1. DERELICT S/V PERLA GDYNIA ADRIFT IN 39-01.2S 019-55.1E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2578/16. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 081230Z OCT 16.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
10 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- F/V avril warrior disabled and adrift in 36-42.05S 020-49.07E2020-10-25
- Derelict S/V perla gdynia adrift in 39-01.2S 019-55.1E2016-10-05
- Vessel panos earth disabled and adrift vicinity 37-59S 016-33E2012-03-12
- Vessel panos earth disabled and adrift vicinity 37-59S 016-33E2012-03-12
- Derelict M/V attalya adrift vicinity 38-53.83S 023-42.64E2010-10-22
- Derelict M/V attalya adrift vicinity 38-52.0S 022-02.2E2010-10-20
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 00:54Z; 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.