Derelict vessel skorpion II adrift in 33-17S 073-36W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2002/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-07-07 15:17Z
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 XV 132/16 041410Z JUL 16.. Issued 2016-07-04 15:17Z. 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 -33.283, -73.600. 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
- 2016-07-04 15:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-07-07 15:17Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 132/16 041410Z JUL 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -33.283, -73.600
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 07. 1. DERELICT VESSEL SKORPION II ADRIFT IN 33-17S 073-36W. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071517Z JUL 16.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
9 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 vessel adrift in 31-10.00S 075-53.30W at 261240Z may2023-05-27
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 31-47S 074-32W2018-07-17
- Derelict M/V nautilus IV partially submerged and adrift in 35-35S 073-41W2014-01-04
- Derelict M/V nautilus IV partially submerged and adrift in 35-45S 073-42W2013-12-21
- Derelict M/V nautilus IV partially submerged and adrift in 35-34S 073-48W2013-12-16
- Derelict M/V nautilus IV partially submerged and adrift in 35-46.8S 073-38.7W2013-12-15
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 08:45Z; 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.