Derelict F/V, white hull, adrift in 08-41.10S 081-44.60W at 031415Z mar
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 724/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-07 02:17Z
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 34/23 040204Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-04 02:35Z. 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 -8.685, -81.743. 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
- 2023-03-04 02:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-03-07 02:17Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XVI 34/23 040204Z MAR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -8.685, -81.743
- 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, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN 08-41.10S 081-44.60W AT 031415Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070217Z MAR 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
35 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 F/V tasa 220, partially submerged and adrift in 08-27.00S 079-46.00W2024-04-20
- Derelict F/V don eladio adrift in 09-01.10S 081-48.80W at 281317Z dec2023-12-29
- Derelict F/V chingalpo adrift in 09-09.00S 079-32.80W at 241739Z mar2023-03-25
- F/V shaddai el victorioso, yellow, blue, and white hull, adrift in vicinity 10-06.00S 081-41.00W at 292100Z…2022-12-30
- Derelict F/V joelito, white hull with blue stripes, adrift in vicinity 06-30.28S 081-24.53W2022-07-19
- F/V mi edmundo reported adrift in 08-36.16S 079-09.35W at 310420Z may2022-05-31
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 2026-09-26 06:18Z; 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.