Derelict 56 foot S/V camelot, red hull, adrift in 11-43.25S 137-34.28E at 141400Z jun
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1720/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-06-18 09:20Z
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) · AUSSAR 3574/14 150903Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-06-15 09:27Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -11.721, 137.571. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2014-06-15 09:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-06-18 09:20Z
- authority
- AUSSAR 3574/14 150903Z JUN 14.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -11.721, 137.571
- vessel
- S/V CAMELOT · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. GULF OF CARPENTARIA. 1. DERELICT 56 FOOT S/V CAMELOT, RED HULL, ADRIFT IN 11-43.25S 137-34.28E AT 141400Z JUN. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868. E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180920Z JUN 14.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- 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
39 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.
- 15 meter F/V adrift in vicinity 09-39.07S 135-58.66E at 292205Z feb2024-03-01
- M/V vivierae II disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-47.08S 137-31.14E2023-03-05
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 11-06.19S 140-19.18E at 220335Z jan2023-01-22
- Five meter vessel adrift in vicinity 10-50.00S 138-53.00E at 010701Z nov2022-11-01
- 20 meter F/V, orange hull, adrift in vicinity 10-11.30S 138-32.01E at 140730Z sep2022-09-14
- Derelict 20 meter vessel adrift in 10-47.3S 135-45.2E at 181107Z jan2021-01-18
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 01:15Z; 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.