F/V melchorita adrift at 212100Z apr in area bound by 06-35S 082-25W, 07-05S 082-25W, 07-05S 082-55W, 06-35S…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1220/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-04-27 01:40Z
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 XVI 58/21 220158Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-22 03:28Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1220/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2021-04-22 03:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XVI 58/21 220158Z APR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -6.833, -82.667
- vessel
- F/V MELCHORITA · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. PERU. DNC 07. F/V MELCHORITA ADRIFT AT 212100Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY 06-35S 082-25W, 07-05S 082-25W, 07-05S 082-55W, 06-35S 082-55W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
35 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 don eladio adrift in 09-01.10S 081-48.80W at 281317Z dec2023-12-29
- Derelict F/V, white hull, adrift in 08-41.10S 081-44.60W at 031415Z mar2023-03-04
- Derelict F/V joelito, white hull with blue stripes, adrift in vicinity 06-30.28S 081-24.53W2022-07-19
- Derelict F/V milagros de jescs II adrift in vicinity 06-30S 081-24W at 240442Z apr2022-04-25
- F/V milagros de jescs II, white hull, reported adrift in vicinity 07-51.5S 082-11.9W at 240442Z apr2022-04-24
- Barge virgen de las mareas adrift in vicinity 05-07S 082-23W at 300005Z aug2021-09-01
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 06:09Z; 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.