F/V mery helen, white and blue hull, disabled and adrift vicinity 16-50S 073-17W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3208/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-11-15 02:38Z
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 177/12 131330Z NOV 12.. Issued 2012-11-13 16:05Z. 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 -16.833, -73.283. 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 3208/12 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-11-13 16:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XVI 177/12 131330Z NOV 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -16.833, -73.283
- vessel
- F/V MERY HELEN
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. PERU. F/V MERY HELEN, WHITE AND BLUE HULL, DISABLED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 16-50S 073-17W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- 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
22 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.
- Derelict F/V medalyz, partially submerged and adrift in 17-38.00S 071-22.00W2024-01-26
- F/V don defi II disabled and adrift, requesting assistance in vicinity 15-05S 075-38W at 281730Z dec2021-12-29
- Derelict F/V virgen de copa partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 17-44S 071-54W2021-05-09
- F/V sammy adrift in vicinity 15-51.94S 075-20.83W2019-05-05
- Derelict F/V sur andino, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 16-45S 076-14W2017-07-18
- Derelict F/V ale & fer, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 15-03.5S 075-45.2W2016-11-19
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:37Z; 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.