Derelict vessel gold gemini adrift in 30-50S 037-46E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1475/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-05-02 16:52Z
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 VII 166/19 011855Z MAY 19.. Issued 2019-05-02 14:59Z. 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 -30.833, 37.767. 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
- Vessel gold gemini, disabled and adrift in 30-29S 038-05Ecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1475/19 and this msglater 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 1457/192019-04-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1475/19 · this notice2019-05-02 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2019-05-02 14:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-05-05 14:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 166/19 011855Z MAY 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -30.833, 37.767
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. 1. DERELICT VESSEL GOLD GEMINI ADRIFT IN 30-50S 037-46E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1457/19. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 051459Z MAY 19.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
17 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.
- F/V jui der number 16 adrift and on fire in 30-59S 039-27E2021-08-23
- Derelict F/V de yi NO.6 on fire and adrift in vicinity 31-38.02S 035-37.68E2021-06-24
- Vessel gold gemini, disabled and adrift in 30-29S 038-05E2019-04-30
- F/V sinaw not under command and adrift in 30-08S 040-43E2018-08-14
- Derelict F/V hsiang fuh no 6 adrift in vicinity 28-25.3S 037-18.7E2017-07-13
- Derelict F/V hsiang fun no 6 adrift in vicinity 27-59.0S 038-33.6E2017-07-09
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 08:20Z; 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.