Derelict F/V borka III, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 13-27.06S 078-02.25W at 071207Z feb
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 428/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-10 20:49Z
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 16/23 072041Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-07 20:52Z. 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 -13.451, -78.037. 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 South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-02-07 20:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-02-10 20:49Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XVI 16/23 072041Z FEB 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -13.451, -78.037
- vessel
- F/V BORKA III
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 07. 1. DERELICT F/V BORKA III, BLUE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 13-27.06S 078-02.25W AT 071207Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 102049Z FEB 23.
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.
- 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.
- 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
61 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Derelict vessel jeanpipi adrift in vicinity 12-02.40S 077-17.40W at 170405Z apr2024-04-17
- Derelict F/V madeley II partially submerged and adrift in 13-55.84S 079-40.69W at 061330Z apr2024-04-07
- Derelict vessel mundial business, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in 11-58.80S 077-14.60W at…2024-03-19
- Derelict F/V reyshel adrift in vicinity 13-31.00S 076-40.00W at 081100Z nov2023-11-08
- F/V adhara adrift in 13-05.00S 078-46.00W at 111300Z jul2023-07-11
- Derelict F/V adriana II taking on water and adrift in vicinity 12-29.36S 076-50.03W2022-11-02
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 2026-09-29 11:38Z; 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.