M/V ocean prince disabled and adrift in 29-29.31S 012-51.05E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 301/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-03 10:51Z
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 39/22 301730Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-30 17:44Z. 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 -29.488, 12.851. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 301/22 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2022-01-30 17:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 39/22 301730Z JAN 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -29.488, 12.851
- vessel
- M/V OCEAN PRINCE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. M/V OCEAN PRINCE DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 29-29.31S 012-51.05E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT AND GIVE A WIDE BERTH.
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.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
13 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- M/V cosco shipping grace disabled and adrift in 29-38.33S 010-15.50E2022-01-30
- Derelict M/V aquarius adrift in 30-34.8S 013-54.8E2021-02-15
- Derelict lifeboat adrift in 31-12S 015-11E on 25 jun 182018-06-25
- Timber adrift from M/V interlink dignity along trackline between 27-30.8S 010-15.2E and 28-11.1S 010-23.8E2017-06-13
- Derelict vessel trekker II adrift in 29-46.1S 009-48.6E2017-01-04
- Derelict vessel trekker II adrift in 30-04.7S 010-09.2E2017-01-03
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:05Z; 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.