Derelict F/V ale & fer, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 15-03.5S 075-45.2W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3573/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-11-22 16:02Z
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 XVI 145/16 191557Z NOV 16.. Issued 2016-11-19 16:02Z. 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 -15.058, -75.753. 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.
- HYDROPAC 3304/162016-10-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3573/16 · this notice2016-11-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-11-19 16:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-11-22 16:02Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XVI 145/16 191557Z NOV 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -15.058, -75.753
- vessel
- F/V ALE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. PERU. DNC 07. 1. DERELICT F/V ALE & FER, BLUE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 15-03.5S 075-45.2W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221602Z NOV 16.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
35 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 reyshel adrift in vicinity 13-31.00S 076-40.00W at 081100Z nov2023-11-08
- Derelict F/V borka III, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 13-27.06S 078-02.25W at 071207Z feb2023-02-07
- Derelict F/V adriana II taking on water and adrift in vicinity 12-29.36S 076-50.03W2022-11-02
- Derelict F/V paulinita I adrift in vicinity 15-18.00S 078-11.00W at 051430Z sep2022-09-06
- F/V don defi II disabled and adrift, requesting assistance in vicinity 15-05S 075-38W at 281730Z dec2021-12-29
- F/V luis alberto partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 13-09.11S 077-23.43W at 301600Z nov2021-12-02
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 2026-09-28 16:28Z; 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.