Derelict lifeboat adrift in vicinity 02-13.7S 050-02.1E at 240940Z feb
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 632/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-02-28 10:24Z
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 VIII 172/21 250956Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-25 10:24Z. 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 -2.228, 50.035. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2021-02-25 10:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-02-28 10:24Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 172/21 250956Z FEB 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -2.228, 50.035
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. 1. DERELICT LIFEBOAT ADRIFT IN VICINITY 02-13.7S 050-02.1E AT 240940Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281024Z FEB 21.
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
6 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 partially submerged and adrift vicinity 02-35S 048-15E at 181000Z feb2013-02-19
- Derelict M/V esperanza adrift vicinity 03-23S 050-29E at 101146Z feb2011-02-11
- M/V al manara disabled and adrift in 03-34S 049-56E2006-01-29
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift vicinity 03-31.2S 050-25.2E on 04 apr2004-04-04
- M/V jasmina disabled and adrift due to engine casualty vicinity 03-05S 047-21E at 060300Z dec2002-12-11
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:56Z; 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.