F/V avril warrior disabled and adrift in 36-42.05S 020-49.07E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3123/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-25 19:25Z
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 233/20 251048Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-25 10:54Z. 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 -36.701, 20.818. 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 3123/20 and this msg, assistance no longer neededlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2020-10-25 10:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 233/20 251048Z OCT 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -36.701, 20.818
- vessel
- F/V AVRIL WARRIOR
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 01. F/V AVRIL WARRIOR DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 36-42.05S 020-49.07E. 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.
- 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
6 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- M/V tenacity venture, not under command and adrift in vicinity 34-50.2S 020-52.1E2018-11-16
- Derelict S/V perla gdynia adrift in 39-01.2S 019-55.1E2016-10-05
- Derelict S/V perla gdynia adrift in 39-01.2S 019-55.1E2016-10-05
- Derelict M/V attalya adrift vicinity 38-52.0S 022-02.2E2010-10-20
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 37-06.8S 021-19.3E2010-10-18
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 01:23Z; 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.