Incidents · capsize

Derelict vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 35-20.7S 017-09.2E

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROPAC 405/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-02-28 00:01Z

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 43/09 210935Z FEB 09.. Issued 2009-02-21 10:59Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -35.345, 17.153. 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. HYDROLANT 358/092009-02-21 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 405/09 · this notice2009-02-21 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 426/092009-02-23 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2009-02-21 10:59Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VII 43/09 210935Z FEB 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-35.345, 17.153
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. DERELICT VESSEL, WHITE HULL, CAPSIZED AND
   ADRIFT IN 35-20.7S 017-09.2E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 FEB.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

20 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:12Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

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