Derelict 24 meter F/V adrift vicinity 14-56.67S 145-33.89W at 100100Z feb
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 470/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-02-13 04:38Z
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) · AVURNAV PAPEETE 4/15 100251Z FEB 15.. Issued 2015-02-10 04:34Z. 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 -14.944, -145.565. 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
- 2015-02-10 04:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-02-13 04:38Z
- authority
- AVURNAV PAPEETE 4/15 100251Z FEB 15.
- issued by
- AVURNAV PAPEETE
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -14.944, -145.565
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. FRENCH POLYNESIA. DNC 06. 1. DERELICT 24 METER F/V ADRIFT VICINITY 14-56.67S 145-33.89W AT 100100Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 130438Z FEB 15.
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
5 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 poti marara adrift in vicinity 15-30.69S 147-02.38W at 172300Z aug2022-08-18
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 16-02S 146-30W2021-07-14
- Derelict nine meter vessel, black and red hull, adrift in vicinity 17-42S 145-28W at 100430 nov 182018-11-10
- Derelict S/V cojo adrift in 15-06S 147-27W at 291958Z jun2002-06-30
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 04:58Z; 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.