Derelicts

Vessel gold gemini, disabled and adrift in 30-29S 038-05E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1457/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-05-02 14:59Z

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 164/19 301820Z APR 19.. Issued 2019-04-30 20:03Z. 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
Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -30.483, 38.083. 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 reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 1457/19 · this notice2019-04-30 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1475/192019-05-02 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2019-04-30 20:03Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VII 164/19 301820Z APR 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-30.483, 38.083
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 02.
VESSEL GOLD GEMINI, DISABLED AND
ADRIFT IN 30-29S 038-05E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO NAVAREA VII,
PHONE: 272 1787 2408, 272 1787 2445, 272 1787 2444,
FAX: 272 1787 2233, 272 1787 2228,
E-MAIL: HYDROSAN@IAFRICA.COM,
NAVCOMCEN.CAPE@SANAVY.CO.ZA.

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.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

20 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 17:55Z; 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.