Derelict 20 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift vicinity 12-49-00S 044-50-52E at 230420Z mar
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1005/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-04-26 07:55Z
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) · MRCC REUNION 230802Z MAR 15.. Issued 2015-03-23 09:43Z. 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
- Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -12.817, 44.848. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Derelict 20 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift vicinity 12-44-45S 044-48-00E at 221420Z marcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 715/15, 1005/15, 1069/15, 1097/15, 1100/15, 1102/15, 1113/15, 1121/15, 1130/15, 1135/15,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 995/152015-03-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 997/152015-03-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1005/15 · this notice2015-03-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1028/152015-03-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1487/152015-05-04 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2015-03-23 09:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION 230802Z MAR 15.
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -12.817, 44.848
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. COMOROS. DNC 02. 1. DERELICT 20 METER VESSEL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 12-49-00S 044-50-52E AT 230420Z MAR. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193, TELEX: 916140F, PHONE: 2622 6243 4343, FAX: 2622 6271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 997/15.
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.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
37 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Derelict vessel adrift between djamandjary (13-19.40S 048-13.43E) and mayotte (12-50.30S 045-08.40E) via…2026-08-23
- Derelict canoe with outrigger adrift in 12-40.56S 045-11.75E2024-04-07
- Derelict 20 meter burnt F/V adrift in 14-10.11S 045-46.31E at 231031Z jan2024-01-23
- Derelict 20 meter F/V adrift in 14-10.11S 045-46.31E2024-01-17
- Derelict 20 meter F/V adrift in 14-10.11S 045-46.31E2024-01-11
- Derelict six meter vessel adrift in vicinity 12-41.67S 045-15.99E2023-01-23
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:54Z; 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.