Derelict M/V seagull II, adrift vicinity 53-23.4S 070-58.0W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 396/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-03-07 18:00Z
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 XV 23/03 052210Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-05 23:50Z. 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 -53.390, -70.967. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 396/03 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-03-05 23:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 23/03 052210Z MAR 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -53.390, -70.967
- vessel
- M/V SEAGULL II
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT M/V SEAGULL II, ADRIFT VICINITY 53-23.4S 070-58.0W. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 12 MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
4 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
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
- Magallanes radio 53-09.92S 070-54.28W mf and hf dsc receive services off airNav aids · 13.7 nm
- Magallanes radio 53-09.90S 070-54.30W hf, mf and radiotelex off airNav aids · 13.7 nm
- Isla magdalena light 52-55.10S 070-30.30W missingNav aids · 32.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:01Z; 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.