Derelict 18 meter F/V partially submerged and adrift in 12-32S 128-40E at 180440Z apr
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 1073/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-04-21 06:29Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 29/13 180509Z APR 13.. Issued 2013-04-18 06:29Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -12.533, 128.667. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2013-04-18 06:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-04-21 06:29Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 29/13 180509Z APR 13.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -12.533, 128.667
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. JOSEPH BONAPARTE GULF. 1. DERELICT 18 METER F/V PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 12-32S 128-40E AT 180440Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210629Z APR 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
72 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 six meter vessel, partially submerged in 12-01.60S 130-03.71E at 100153Z nov2023-11-10
- Partially submerged vessel with six meter rope attached adrift in vicinity 13-05.26S 125-53.17E at 140410Z mar2023-03-14
- Derelict seven meter vessel unlit and adrift in vicinity 12-05.80S 126-13.55E at 080452Z jul2022-07-08
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in 11-38.4S 126-13.0E at 060830Z sep 212021-09-06
- Vessel partially submerged and adrift in 12-58.6S 125-58.0E at 160001Z apr2021-04-16
- Derelict vessel adrift in 11-04S 126-55E at 220250Z mar2020-03-22
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:48Z; 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.