Derelict 200 meter vessel adrift vicinity 22-57.6N 117-00.0E at 061810Z oct
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1816/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-10-09 21:40Z
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 XI 644/09 07 OCT 09.. Issued 2009-10-06 21:39Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 22.960, 117.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2009-10-06 21:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2009-10-09 21:40Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 644/09 07 OCT 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 22.960, 117.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 200 METER VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 22-57.6N 117-00.0E AT 061810Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 092140Z OCT.
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.
- 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
19 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.
- Derelict 20 meter F/V you sheng 1, adrift in vicinity 20-14.37N 115-45.69E2019-03-08
- Derelict nine meter M/V mizukaze adrift vicinity 21-22N 119-12E at 090330Z apr2014-04-09
- Derelict barge adrift in 21-48N 119-25E at 090800Z nov2013-11-09
- Derelict 45 foot F/V partially submerged and adrift in 21-15.0N 118-12.6E at 150500Z apr2013-04-15
- Derelict vessel kekada partially submerged and adrift in 20-37.4N 115-40.3E at 061530Z nov2011-11-06
- Derelict barge franklin victory adrift vicinity 24-08.9N 119-14.8E2011-10-26
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 12:24Z; 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.