Derelict five meter M/V, yellow and white hull, adrift in 18-45.77S 147-00.97E at 022140Z jun
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1644/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-06-04 08:56Z
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 44/21 022210Z JUN 21.. Issued 2021-06-02 22:26Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -18.763, 147.016. 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
- Derelict five meter M/V, yellow and white hull, adrift in 18-42.1S 146-53.8E at 040015Z junlater 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 1644/21 · this notice2021-06-02 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1661/212021-06-04 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2021-06-02 22:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-06-05 22:26Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 44/21 022210Z JUN 21.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -18.763, 147.016
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CORAL SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT FIVE METER M/V, YELLOW AND WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN 18-45.77S 147-00.97E AT 022140Z JUN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 052226Z JUN 21.
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
27 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 12 meter vessel kerida adrift in vicinity 18-07.93S 147-16.00E at 141922Z sep 20232023-09-14
- Derelict 12 meter vessel kerida adrift in vicinity 18-06.50S 147-12.93E at 131350Z sep2023-09-13
- Derelict 10 meter S/V reef magic adrift in vicinity 16-37.10S 145-43.20E at 130330Z aug2023-08-13
- Derelict five meter M/V, yellow and white hull, adrift in 18-42.1S 146-53.8E at 040015Z jun2021-06-04
- Derelict 11 meter vessel gypsy, partially submerged and adrift in 20-03.9S 148-33.4E2019-11-21
- Derelict 12.5 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 17-34.55S 146-09.57E at 110200Z jan2019-01-11
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 2026-09-29 09:57Z; 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.