Derelict M/V horizons adrift in 16-45.33S 171-38.20W at 170006Z jun
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1750/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-06-20 09:00Z
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 XIV 46/13 170100Z JUN 13.. Issued 2013-06-17 09:08Z. 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 -16.756, -171.637. 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 Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-06-17 09:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-06-20 09:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 46/13 170100Z JUN 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -16.756, -171.637
- vessel
- M/V HORIZONS
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. 1. DERELICT M/V HORIZONS ADRIFT IN 16-45.33S 171-38.20W AT 170006Z JUN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 200900Z JUN 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
5 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 S/V adrift in vicinity 18-54.68S 170-42.33W at 061400Z aug2019-08-06
- Derelict F/V yuh po no 2 partially submerged and adrift in 15-28.2S 170-05.0W at 152249Z jan2012-01-16
- Vessel day star adrift and in need of assistance in 13-58S 172-29W2003-07-06
- 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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:30Z; 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.