Possible derelict 80 meter F/V lim discoverer adrift in vicinity 03-26.2S 147-49.8E at 210730Z mar
Bismarck Sea · HYDROPAC 1004/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-04-03 11:59Z
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) · JRCC AUSTRALIA 2179/20 250352Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-25 04:06Z. 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
- Bismarck Sea. The parsed report position is -3.437, 147.830. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2020-03-25 04:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 2179/20 250352Z MAR 20.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Bismarck Sea
- position
- -3.437, 147.830
- vessel
- F/V LIM DISCOVERER · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BISMARCK SEA. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DNC 05. POSSIBLE DERELICT 80 METER F/V LIM DISCOVERER ADRIFT IN VICINITY 03-26.2S 147-49.8E AT 210730Z MAR. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 2006 · 1 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.
- Papua new guinea2026-09-06
- Derelict 101 meter M/V foxhound aground vicinity 05-19S 147-12E2015-10-18
- Derelict 101 meter M/V foxhound adrift in 05-29S 147-34E at 170157Z oct2015-10-17
- M/V asphalt carrier disabled and adrift due to engine faliure in 05-36S 146-46E at 190930Z apr2013-04-19
- Barge adrift between umbo island (05-37S 147-55E) and long island (05-21S 147-07E) at 271200Z jan2013-01-28
- M/V leilani disabled and adrift in 02-12S 149-37E at 262136Z aug2006-08-27
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 2026-10-01 22:18Z; 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.