Derelict eight meter vessel adrift vicinity 42-25.81S 173-40.78E at 130240Z nov
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3364/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-11-16 04:31Z
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) · CNW 220/14 130240Z NOV 14.. Issued 2014-11-13 04:28Z. 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 -42.430, 173.680. 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
- 2014-11-13 04:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-11-16 04:31Z
- authority
- CNW 220/14 130240Z NOV 14.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -42.430, 173.680
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. NEW ZEALAND. SOUTH ISLAND-EAST COAST. DNC 06. 1. DERELICT EIGHT METER VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 42-25.81S 173-40.78E AT 130240Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160431Z NOV 14.
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
30 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 5.6 meter vessel, green hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 39-47.10S 174-29.00E at…2022-05-05
- Derelict dredge raft adrift in vicinity 39-58.34S 173-17.88E on 06 jan2021-01-06
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 39-58.34S 173-17.88E at 060925Z jan2021-01-06
- Vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 44-22.9S 173-00.82E at 100224Z dec2020-12-10
- Derelict 11 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 42-04.2S 174-33.5E at 312320Z aug2019-09-01
- Derelict nine meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 41-06.8S 173-24.2E at 052345Z feb2019-02-06
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 05:34Z; 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.