Derelict F/V reported partially submerged and adrift in 32-50.4S 032-35.3E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2102/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-07-21 18:57Z
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 VII 213/21 201723Z JUL 21.. Issued 2021-07-20 17:34Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -32.840, 32.588. 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 2102/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2021-07-20 17:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-07-23 17:34Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 213/21 201723Z JUL 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -32.840, 32.588
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. SOUTH AFRICA. DNC 02. 1. DERELICT F/V REPORTED PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 32-50.4S 032-35.3E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231734Z JUL 21.
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.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
7 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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 F/V de yi NO.6 on fire and adrift in vicinity 31-38.02S 035-37.68E2021-06-24
- Derelict F/V feng kuo 568 adrift in vicinity 33-27.05S 035-45.04E2019-07-12
- Derelict F/V feng kuo 568 adrift in vicinity 33-27.05S 035-45.07E2019-07-03
- Derelict S/V danzig adrift in 33-29.5S 031-26.8E2019-07-01
- F/V jelly fish adrift in 32-58.2S 030-15.1E2011-11-08
- 7 adrift vicinity 33-41.800S 033-19.855E at 152100Z jul2007-07-16
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 07:16Z; 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.