Derelicts

Derelict M/V stolt valor on fire and adrift vicinity 27-25.5N 050-26.0E at 150131Z mar

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 749/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-16 06:11Z

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) · USS JOHN PAUL JONES EMAIL 150134Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-15 01:46Z. 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
Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 27.425, 50.433. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2012-03-15 01:46Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-03-18 01:45Z
authority
USS JOHN PAUL JONES EMAIL 150134Z MAR 12.
issued by
USS JOHN PAUL JONES EMAIL
sea
Persian Gulf
position
27.425, 50.433
vessel
M/V STOLT VALOR · 3 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
1. DERELICT M/V STOLT VALOR ON FIRE AND ADRIFT
   VICINITY 27-25.5N 050-26.0E AT 150131Z MAR.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180145Z MAR.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

22 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:50Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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