Incidents · fire

Derelict M/V stolt valor on fire and adrift in 27-23N 050-27E

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 769/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-21 17:11Z

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) · NAVAREA IX 92/12 160544Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-16 06:11Z. 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 27.383, 50.450. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
1. DERELICT M/V STOLT VALOR ON FIRE AND ADRIFT
   IN 27-23N 050-27E. 24 PERSONS RECOVERED.
   ONE PERSON REMAINS MISSING. VESSELS IN
   VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
   ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 749/12.

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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC: The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

37 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

Man overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in 26-52.1N 052-19.4E2022-03-17
Distress signal received in vicinity 27-00N 052-00E2021-11-17
Tug boat delma, blue and white hull, unreported2021-03-12
Derelict F/V capsized and anchored in 26-36.34N 050-54.10E2019-09-25
Man overboard from M/V j master in vicinity 26-58N 052-19E at 041000Z dec2018-12-05
Man overboard from M/V bahmanshir 110 in 26-12N 051-11E at 100730Z nov2018-11-10

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

Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 87.8 nm
Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 90.9 nm
Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 91.1 nm
Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 91.4 nm
Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 91.7 nm
Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 99.1 nm
Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 105.5 nm
Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 106.4 nm
Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 117.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:01Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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