Derelict S/V capsized and adrift vicinity 27-51.7S 063-01.6E on 05 jun
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2217/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-07-06 06:25Z
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 202/15 031947Z JUL 15.. Issued 2015-07-03 20:30Z. 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 -27.862, 63.027. 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 1076/13, 1178/13, 2019/13, 2988/13, 3276/13, 3708/13, 656/14, 2360/14, 2942/14, 600/15,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1840/152015-06-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2008/152015-06-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2217/15 · this notice2015-07-03 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2015-07-03 20:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-07-06 20:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 202/15 031947Z JUL 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -27.862, 63.027
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02, DNC 03. 1. DERELICT S/V CAPSIZED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 27-51.7S 063-01.6E ON 05 JUN. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN OR CAPE TOWN RADIO. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 062030Z JUL 15.
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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)
6 within 180 nm since 2015 · 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.
- Distress signal received in vicinity 27-35S 065-33E at 310220Z jan2022-02-01
- Derelict S/V capsized and adrift vicinity 27-51.7S 063-01.6E on 05 jun2015-06-19
- Derelict S/V capsized and adrift in 27-51.7S 063-01.6E on 05 jun2015-06-05
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 27-26.4S 064-30.0E on 22 may2015-06-01
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 27-26.4S 064-30E on 21 may2015-05-22
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:58Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.