Derelicts

M/V tenacity venture, not under command and adrift in vicinity 34-50.2S 020-52.1E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 4135/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-01-25 13:35Z

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 160839Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-16 10:07Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -34.837, 20.868. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2018-11-16 10:07Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 160839Z NOV 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -34.837, 20.868
vessel: M/V TENACITY VENTURE
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOUTH AFRICA.
DNC 01, DNC 02.
M/V TENACITY VENTURE, NOT UNDER COMMAND AND
ADRIFT IN VICINITY 34-50.2S 020-52.1E.
REPORTS TO NAVAREA VII,
PHONE: 272 1787 2408, 272 1787 2445, 272 1787 2444,
FAX: 272 1787 2233, 272 1787 2228,
E-MAIL: hydrosan@iafrica.com,
navcomcen.cape@sanavy.co.za.

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.
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

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.

F/V avril warrior disabled and adrift in 36-42.05S 020-49.07E2020-10-25
Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 37-06.8S 021-19.3E2010-10-18
Derelict F/V rietgans on fire and adrift vicinity 33-14.4S 018-04.5E2003-09-04

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

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:58Z; 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.