Derelicts

F/V sao francisco disabled and adrift in 32-38S 051-48W at 082130Z jan

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 71/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-01-10 12:08Z

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 SAR 4/12 091043Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-09 11:13Z. 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 -32.633, -51.800. 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

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROLANT 68/122012-01-09 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 71/12 · this notice2012-01-09 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2012-01-09 11:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V SAR 4/12 091043Z JAN 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V SAR
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-32.633, -51.800
vessel
F/V SAO FRANCISCO · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST.
1. F/V SAO FRANCISCO DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN
   32-38S 051-48W AT 082130Z JAN. VESSELS IN
   VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
   ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 68/12.

Reading this warning

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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

17 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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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 05:04Z; 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.