On April 12 at 0620 UTC, a seven-meter derelict vessel Avanator, white hull, unlit, is anchored at 40-35.10S 148-05.90E in Bass Strait near Tasmania.
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 1186/24
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · SEA SAFETY 26/24 120729Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-12 08:09Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -40.585, 148.098. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2024-04-12 08:09Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 26/24 120729Z APR 24.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -40.585, 148.098
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. TASMANIA. DNC 05. DERELICT SEVEN METER VESSEL AVANATOR, WHITE HULL, UNLIT AND ANCHORED IN 40-35.10S 148-05.90E AT 120620Z APR.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
35 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 F/V derwent venture adrift in 38-13.41S 149-33.49E at 070543Z jan2023-01-07
- Derelict 18 meter M/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 39-06S 145-48E at 160253Z dec2021-12-16
- Derelict 12 meter vessel showtime abandoned and adrift in 38-24.3S 148-16.3E at 232130Z feb2020-02-24
- Derelict 12 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 38-39.2S 150-08.7E at 062345Z feb2020-02-07
- Derelict 11 meter M/V yacht DDU2 anchored in 40-40.43S 147-55.68E at 072240Z dec2018-12-07
- Derelict ten meter vessel, blue hull, adrift in 38-38.12S 149-00.09E at 150520Z aug2018-08-15
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 21:31Z; 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.