Derelict S/V adrift in 07-45S 034-30W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2598/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-10-22 11:38Z
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 E 973/15 190818Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-19 11:38Z. 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 -7.750, -34.500. 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
- 2015-10-19 11:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-10-22 11:38Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V E 973/15 190818Z OCT 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V E
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -7.750, -34.500
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BRAZIL-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT S/V ADRIFT IN 07-45S 034-30W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221138Z OCT 15.
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.
- 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
17 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
- 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
- Derelict M/V saves lives will drift adrift in 07-33.0S 033-50.5W at 271630Z jun2014-06-28
- Derelict vessel adrift in 06-21.10S 034-50.08W at 141830Z aug2013-08-15
- Derelict vessel six wind blades adrift in 08-17.85S 034-42.61W at 102300Z aug2013-08-11
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
- Tamandare light 08-45.57S 035-06.08W unlit until 02 novNav aids · 70.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 22:10Z; 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.