Derelict vessel M/V apollo triumph adrift in 17-30.38S 040-53.16E
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 37/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-01-06 19:53Z
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 VII 6/24 031943Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-03 19:55Z. 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
- Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -17.506, 40.886. 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 Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2024-01-03 19:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-01-06 19:53Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 6/24 031943Z JAN 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -17.506, 40.886
- vessel
- M/V APOLLO TRIUMPH · 5 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. MOZAMBIQUE. DNC 02. 1. DERELICT VESSEL M/V APOLLO TRIUMPH ADRIFT IN 17-30.38S 040-53.16E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 061953Z JAN 24.
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
6 within 180 nm since 2019 · 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.
- M/V ruth baby 3 disabled and adrift in 17-15.50S 043-14.00E2024-03-28
- Derelict 117 meter M/V apollo triumph adrift in 17-17.75S 040-14.23E on 26 dec 232024-01-05
- Derelict vessel M/V apollo triumph adrift in 17-17.76S 040-14.69E2023-12-26
- Derelict F/V galader adrift in 17-46.3S 041-37.5E2020-12-19
- Derelict S/V, white and red hull, adrift in vicinity 17-30S 043-56E2019-03-23
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 2026-10-02 16:20Z; 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.