Derelict four meter vessel adrift in 10-16.4S 128-02.9E at 030201Z may
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 1568/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-05-06 03:24Z
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 30/17 030257Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-03 03:24Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -10.273, 128.048. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2017-05-03 03:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-05-06 03:24Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 30/17 030257Z MAY 17.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -10.273, 128.048
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT FOUR METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN 10-16.4S 128-02.9E AT 030201Z MAY. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 060324Z MAY 17.
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.
- 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
76 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 six meter vessel, partially submerged in 12-01.60S 130-03.71E at 100153Z nov2023-11-10
- Derelict seven meter vessel unlit and adrift in vicinity 12-05.80S 126-13.55E at 080452Z jul2022-07-08
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in 11-44.4S 125-42.1E at 070800Z sep2021-09-07
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in 11-38.4S 126-13.0E at 060830Z sep 212021-09-06
- Derelict 30 meter vessel adrift in 09-16.9S 130-19.0E at 280043Z dec2020-12-28
- Derelict 30 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 09-36.6S 129-53.8E at 250118Z dec2020-12-25
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 2026-10-03 04:33Z; 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.