Vessel day star adrift and in need of assistance in 13-58S 172-29W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1167/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-08-26 11:20Z
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) · MARITIME OPS CENTRE WELLINGTON MSA 79/03 POR EGC#662 060740Z JUL 03; AUSSAR POR EGC#3280 060010Z JUL 03. Issued 2003-07-06 08:50Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -13.967, -172.483. 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 on 243 mhz in 14-48S 113-58E at 051407Z julcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-07-06 08:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARITIME OPS CENTRE WELLINGTON MSA 79/03 POR EGC#662 060740Z JUL 03; AUSSAR POR EGC#3280 060010Z JUL 03
- issued by
- MARITIME OPS CENTRE WELLINGTON MSA
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -13.967, -172.483
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. VESSEL DAY STAR ADRIFT AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN 13-58S 172-29W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO TAUPO MARITIME RADIO OR MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 4512 00067. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1165/03(74), SIGNAL CEASED.
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.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 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 F/V chu zai fa no 1 in vicinity 13-28.8S 171-42.1W at 282000Z jan2018-01-28
- Derelict 27 meter F/V chu zai fa 1 adrift in vicinity 12-55.6S 169-56.4W2017-12-27
- Derelict M/V horizons adrift in 16-45.33S 171-38.20W at 170006Z jun2013-06-17
- Derelict F/V yuh po no 2 partially submerged and adrift in 15-28.2S 170-05.0W at 152249Z jan2012-01-16
- Derelict eight meter F/V kilisitina adrift in 12-37.48S 173-05.68W at 121948Z aug2005-08-13
- Vessel day star adrift and in need of assistance in 14-19S 172-57W2003-07-04
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:52Z; 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.