Derelicts

Derelict 40 foot S/V poeme, partially submerged in 17-53.43S 149-29.09W at 020230Z oct 22

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2766/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-07-28 08:17Z

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) · AVURNAV PAPEETE 143/22 031459Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-03 15:49Z. 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 -17.890, -149.485. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 2766/22 · this notice2022-10-03 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2838/222022-10-11 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

issued
2022-10-03 15:49Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AVURNAV PAPEETE 143/22 031459Z OCT 22.
issued by
AVURNAV PAPEETE
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-17.890, -149.485
vessel
S/V POEME
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
TAHITI.
DNC 06.
DERELICT 40 FOOT S/V POEME, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED
IN 17-53.43S 149-29.09W AT 020230Z OCT 22.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

15 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 01:12Z; 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.