Derelict 230 foot M/V almuthada adrift vicinity 15-42N 059-45E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1112/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-06-23 00:00Z
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 VICKSBURG 161455Z JUN 02. Issued 2002-06-16 16:57Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 15.700, 59.750. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2002-06-16 16:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- USS VICKSBURG 161455Z JUN 02
- issued by
- USS VICKSBURG
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 15.700, 59.750
- vessel
- M/V ALMUTHADA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 230 FOOT M/V ALMUTHADA ADRIFT VICINITY 15-42N 059-45E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 JUN.
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.
- 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
6 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
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- Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift: a. stern in 12-57.0N 061-10.0E at 190100Z jun2013-06-19
- Derelict M/V pavit adrift vicinity 18-37N 059-53E at 300925Z jun2011-06-30
- Two derelict vessels adrift in 18-31N 060-02E2005-06-16
- Derelict M/V green glory, adrift vicinity 16-00N 060-04E2003-06-25
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 2026-10-02 04:02Z; 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.