Derelicts

Derelict seven meter vessel clinique pasteur toulouse adrift in 17-30S 169-40E at 250830Z jun

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1849/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-06-27 04:58Z

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 X 7/11 251117Z JUN 11 - AUSSAR 4180/11 CX 250930Z JUN 11.. Issued 2011-06-26 04:31Z. 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 -17.500, 169.667. 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 1849/11 · this notice2011-06-26 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1868/112011-06-27 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1874/112011-06-28 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 1879/112011-06-29 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

issued
2011-06-26 04:31Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-06-29 04:30Z
authority
NAVAREA X 7/11 251117Z JUN 11 - AUSSAR 4180/11 CX 250930Z JUN 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-17.500, 169.667
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
VANUATU.
1. DERELICT SEVEN METER VESSEL CLINIQUE PASTEUR TOULOUSE
   ADRIFT IN 17-30S 169-40E AT 250830Z JUN.
   REPORTS TO MRCC NOUMEA, INMARSAT-C: 422799194,
   PHONE: 68 729 2332, FAX: 68 729 2303,
   E-MAIL: MRCC.NC@LAGOON.NC.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1839/11(75), PERSONS RESCUED.
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1843/11(93), 1847/11 REFERS.
4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1842/11.
5. CANCEL THIS MSG 290430Z JUN.

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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

7 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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22

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

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:35Z; 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.