Derelict 13 meter M/V elkin, partially submerged and adrift in 32-43.48S 114-36.20E at 261049Z apr
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1196/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-04-29 12:05Z
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 15/14 261102Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-26 12:04Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -32.725, 114.603. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2014-04-26 12:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-04-29 12:05Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 15/14 261102Z APR 14.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -32.725, 114.603
- vessel
- M/V ELKIN
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA-SOUTHWEST COAST. 1. DERELICT 13 METER M/V ELKIN, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 32-43.48S 114-36.20E AT 261049Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291205Z APR 14.
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
7 within 180 nm since 1997 · 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.
- Derelect 20 meter barge adrift in 33-03.59S 115-00.85E at 061444Z aug2023-08-06
- Three barges adrift in vicinity between lancelin (31-00-50S 115-19-48E) and bunbury (33-20-00S 115-38-00E)2019-11-26
- Derelict six meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 30-40S 114-52E at 220001Z apr2019-04-22
- Derelict 86 meter barge adrift in 30-33.16S 114-55.11E at 282150Z nov2012-11-28
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift vicinity 35-08S 112-48E at 011844Z aug2011-08-01
- 16 meter russian yacht andrei apostle, white hull, disabled with steering difficulties in 32-27S 114-40E at…1997-06-15
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 2026-09-26 05:07Z; 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.