Derelict 45 foot S/V atlantis adrift in 21-43.8S 174-38.4E at 251500Z oct
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2000/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-10-02 00:00Z
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 175 252345Z OCT 02.. Issued 2002-10-26 00:45Z. 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 -21.730, 174.640. 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
- 2002-10-26 00:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 175 252345Z OCT 02.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -21.730, 174.640
- vessel
- S/V ATLANTIS · 37 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 45 FOOT S/V ATLANTIS ADRIFT IN 21-43.8S 174-38.4E AT 251500Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 NOV.
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
6 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.
- 13 meter S/V sweet disorder, white hull, disabled and adrift in 18-48.36S 175-03.76E2015-08-08
- Vessel mitori disabled and adrift in 24-06.22S 175-02.92E at 300513Z oct2010-10-30
- Vessel mitori disabled and adrift in 23-46S 175-14E at 292020Z oct2010-10-29
- Derelict 12 meter M/V plume auvend, yellow hull, adrift vicinity 22-55.1S 176-18.6E at 100230Z may2008-05-10
- Derelict nine meter S/V mana t adrift in 23-51.5S 174-36.8E1999-08-27
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 11:39Z; 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.