Partially submerged derelict nine meter vessel, ra ref, flag and floats, adrift vicinity 11-30S 127-10E at…
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 1798/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-10-23 06:10Z
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) · RCC AUSTRALIA SSM 44/03 IOR EGC#186 162257Z OCT 03. Issued 2003-10-17 00:04Z. 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 -11.500, 127.167. 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
- Partially submerged derelict nine meter vessel adrift vicinity 11-12S 127-34E at 230113Z octlater 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 1798/03 · this notice2003-10-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1836/032003-10-23 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2003-10-17 00:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC AUSTRALIA SSM 44/03 IOR EGC#186 162257Z OCT 03
- issued by
- RCC AUSTRALIA SSM
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -11.500, 127.167
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. PARTIALLY SUBMERGED DERELICT NINE METER VESSEL, RA REF, FLAG AND FLOATS, ADRIFT VICINITY 11-30S 127-10E AT 162032Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 OCT.
Reading this warning
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
101 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 vessel partially submerged and adrift in 13-52.55S 125-36.03E at 041235Z nov2023-11-04
- 14 meter F/V, green hull, adrift in vicinity 13-15.65S 125-27.40E at 290424Z aug2023-08-29
- Partially submerged vessel with six meter rope attached adrift in vicinity 13-05.26S 125-53.17E at 140410Z mar2023-03-14
- 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 vicinity 11-51.83S 124-10.20E at 220808Z sep2021-09-22
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
- Special purpose vessel shark 1 / T2DT6 / 572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by…Surveys · 98.5 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V shark 1 in area bound by 11-30.00S 125-05.00E,…Surveys · 98.5 nm
- Special purpose vessel sw bly / C6ZD3 / 311052800 conducting seismic survey towing twelve 4.5 nm cables in…Cable ops · 108.2 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further noticeby M/V sw bly towing twelve 7300 meter cables in area…Surveys · 114.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 16:13Z; 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.