Derelicts

Derelict vessel k iron mountain adrift in vicinity 32-58.66S 014-30.93E

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 783/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-03-21 06:10Z

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 200/22 180940Z MAR 22.. Issued 2022-03-18 06:10Z. 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 -32.978, 14.515. 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: 2022-03-18 06:10Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-03-21 06:10Z
authority: NAVAREA VII 200/22 180940Z MAR 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -32.978, 14.515
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.
1. DERELICT VESSEL K IRON MOUNTAIN ADRIFT
   IN VICINITY 32-58.66S 014-30.93E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210610Z MAR 22.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

11 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 M/V aquarius adrift in 30-34.8S 013-54.8E2021-02-15
Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 32-46.6S 013-03.3E on 13 jul2018-07-13
Derelict lifeboat adrift in 31-12S 015-11E on 25 jun 182018-06-25
Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 35-15S 014-38E2015-05-07
Derelict 43 foot S/V miscky, white hull, adrift 30-37.6S 014-25.9E2013-12-23
M/V zhen hua 20 disabled and adrift in 30-47.7S 013-04.7E2013-10-04

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 00:27Z; 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.