Derelict F/V jhon I adrift vicinity 15-59S 074-32W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 219/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-03-12 16:31Z
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 XVI 17/15 200930Z JAN 15.. Issued 2015-01-20 09:53Z. 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 -15.983, -74.533. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-01-20 09:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XVI 17/15 200930Z JAN 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -15.983, -74.533
- vessel
- F/V JHON I
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. PERU. DNC 07. DERELICT F/V JHON I ADRIFT VICINITY 15-59S 074-32W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
24 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- F/V don defi II disabled and adrift, requesting assistance in vicinity 15-05S 075-38W at 281730Z dec2021-12-29
- Derelict F/V santa rosa, yellow, blue and brown hull, adrift in 15-12.1S 077-06.5W on 13 nov2021-11-17
- Derelict vessel benjamin III, white and green hull adrift in 15-30S 076-20W2020-12-11
- Derelict F/V don jose adrift in 14-57-03S 075-46-55W2020-12-04
- Derelict vessel huacho cinco partially submerged and adrift in 16-03.73S 077-12.13W2020-04-24
- F/V sammy adrift in vicinity 15-51.94S 075-20.83W2019-05-05
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:16Z; 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.