Four derelict eight meter vessels tied together and adrift vicinity 12-12.3N 058-21.7E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1245/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-11-22 06:00Z
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) · NAVAREA VIII 486/99 151003Z NOV 99. Issued 1999-11-15 11:05Z. 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 12.205, 58.362. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 1999-11-15 11:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 486/99 151003Z NOV 99
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 12.205, 58.362
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. FOUR DERELICT EIGHT METER VESSELS TIED TOGETHER AND ADRIFT VICINITY 12-12.3N 058-21.7E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 22 NOV.
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 1999 · 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 M/V hornet disabled and adrift in 10-28N 059-58E at 081600Z aug2013-08-08
- Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift: a. stern in 12-57.0N 061-10.0E at 190100Z jun2013-06-19
- F/V adrift in 12-15.10N 060-48.12E2008-02-06
- Derelict 13 meter vessel pamelou, white hull, adrift in 11-21.00N 059-44.73E2008-01-19
- Vessel mareg 4 disabled and adrift in 13-38N 056-33E at 310650Z jul2005-08-02
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 02:35Z; 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.