Derelicts

F/V don defi II disabled and adrift, requesting assistance in vicinity 15-05S 075-38W at 281730Z dec

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3764/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-12-30 04:12Z

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 233/21 291702Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-29 17:08Z. 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 -15.083, -75.633. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2021-12-29 17:08Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XVI 233/21 291702Z DEC 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-15.083, -75.633
vessel
F/V DON DEFI II
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.
F/V DON DEFI II DISABLED AND ADRIFT,
REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN VICINITY 15-05S 075-38W
AT 281730Z DEC.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO NAVAREA XVI,
PHONE: 511 207 8160,
FAX: 511 207 8178,
E-MAIL: DIHIDRONAV@DHN.MIL.PE, FPENARANDA@DHN.MIL.PE.

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.

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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

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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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:49Z; 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.