Derelict vessel M/V buff bay adrift vicinity 23-18.5S 059-17.9E at 281145Z aug
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1409/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-08-29 18:16Z
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) · LA REUNION 10/01 IOR EGC #8890 281352Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-28 17:50Z. 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 -23.308, 59.298. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- M/V buff bay, 16 persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 23-23.7S 059-35.0Ecancelled by this notice
- Derelict vessel M/V buff bay adrift vicinity 23-15.5S 058-58.2E at 290800Z auglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1409/01 · this notice2001-08-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1417/012001-08-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1431/012001-08-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1438/012001-09-03 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2001-08-28 17:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- LA REUNION 10/01 IOR EGC #8890 281352Z AUG 01
- issued by
- LA REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -23.308, 59.298
- vessel
- M/V BUFF BAY · 5 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL M/V BUFF BAY ADRIFT VICINITY 23-18.5S 059-17.9E AT 281145Z AUG. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1402/01. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 04 SEP.
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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
8 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 20 meter vessel, green hull, adrift vicinity 23-39.4S 056-52.9E at 060615Z jun2016-06-08
- Derelict F/V jordan 5 adrift in 24-20S 057-48E at 031300Z apr2016-04-05
- Derelict 26 meter F/V adrift vicinity 24-16S 057-56E at 030604Z apr2016-04-03
- Derelict 25 meter vessel, white hull with two green stripes, adrift in 22-28.87S 057-58.66E at 271512Z dec2009-12-30
- Derelict M/V buff bay adrift vicinity 23-54.6S 057-35.8E at 010350Z sep2001-09-03
- Derelict M/V buff bay adrift vicinity 23-09.2S 057-55.2E at 311035Z aug2001-08-31
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 2026-10-02 19:41Z; 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.