Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 32-07.73S 170-17.73E at 300400Z jan
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 333/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-02 10:02Z
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 XIV 19/23 300857Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-30 10:03Z. 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 -32.129, 170.296. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-01-30 10:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-02-02 10:02Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 19/23 300857Z JAN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -32.129, 170.296
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 06. 1. DERELICT S/V, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 32-07.73S 170-17.73E AT 300400Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021002Z FEB 23.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
14 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-41.57S 173-08.18E at 021330Z nov2023-11-02
- Derelict 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-55.40S 173-07.45E at 011200Z nov2023-11-01
- Derelict 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-55.68S 173-07.74E at 302340Z oct2023-10-31
- Derelect 12 meter S/V juan sa bulan, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-51.78S 172-29.40E at 292209Z oct2023-10-29
- Derelict 20 meter F/V partially sunk and adrift in vicinity 34-13.3S 172-30.4E at 041250Z oct2021-10-04
- Derelict 38 foot S/V lovinda too adrift vicinity 31-36.86S 170-51.41E at 090800Z may2016-05-09
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 05:06Z; 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.