Derelicts

Debris from sunken vessel adrift in vicinity 18-07.04S 179-16.42E

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3426/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-05 01:28Z

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 252/22 020021Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-02 01:29Z. 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 -18.117, 179.274. 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

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 3426/22 · this notice2022-12-02 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3735/222022-12-29 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

issued
2022-12-02 01:29Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-12-05 01:28Z
authority
NAVAREA XIV 252/22 020021Z DEC 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-18.117, 179.274
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
FIJI.
DNC 06.
1. DEBRIS FROM SUNKEN VESSEL ADRIFT
   IN VICINITY 18-07.04S 179-16.42E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 050128Z DEC 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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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

7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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22

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 2026-09-24 23:09Z; 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.