Derelict 15 meter vessel mollymawk, blue and white hull, with 200 meter towline adrift vicinity 33-13.3S…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1999/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-07-08 05:13Z
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 51/14 072245Z JUL 14.. Issued 2014-07-07 23:51Z. 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 -33.222, 170.793. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1999/14 and this msg, vessel in towlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-07-07 23:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-07-10 23:50Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 51/14 072245Z JUL 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -33.222, 170.793
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. NEW ZEALAND-NORTHWEST COAST. 1. DERELICT 15 METER VESSEL MOLLYMAWK, BLUE AND WHITE HULL, WITH 200 METER TOWLINE ADRIFT VICINITY 33-13.3S 170-47.6E AT 072220Z JUL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 102350Z JUL 14.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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
17 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-41.57S 173-08.18E at 021330Z nov2023-11-02
- Derelict 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-55.40S 173-07.45E at 011200Z nov2023-11-01
- Derelict 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-55.68S 173-07.74E at 302340Z oct2023-10-31
- Derelect 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-51.78S 172-29.40E at 292209Z oct2023-10-29
- Derelect 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 34-13.80S 173-20.40E at 282209Z oct2023-10-28
- Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 32-07.73S 170-17.73E at 300400Z jan2023-01-30
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:50Z; 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.