Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift at 221400Z jun: a. bow vicinity 14-52N 065-46E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1823/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-06-24 06:34Z
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 IX 155/13 230700Z JUN 13 - AUSSAR 4220/13 CX 230535Z JUN 13.. Issued 2013-06-23 07:11Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 14.175, 64.608. 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 M/V mol comfort adrift at 201400Z jun: a. stern in 13-13N 062-05Ecancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel, two persons on board, vicinity 10-52.0S 143-06.8E at…cancelled by this notice
- Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift at 231400Z jun: a. bow vicinity 15-12N 066-53Elater 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 1779/132013-06-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1807/132013-06-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1823/13 · this notice2013-06-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1833/132013-06-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1845/132013-06-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1850/132013-06-26 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2013-06-23 07:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-06-26 07:10Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 155/13 230700Z JUN 13 - AUSSAR 4220/13 CX 230535Z JUN 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 14.175, 64.608
- vessel
- M/V MOL COMFORT · 6 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. 1. DERELICT M/V MOL COMFORT ADRIFT AT 221400Z JUN: A. BOW VICINITY 14-52N 065-46E. B. STERN VICINITY 13-29N 063-27E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1822/13(74), VESSEL ASSISTED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1807/13. 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 260710Z JUN 13.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
15 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.
- M/V captain theo oscar disabled and adrift in 12-25.02N 064-33.72E2023-06-02
- Derelict F/V adrift in vicinity 15-40.70N 064-36.10E at 200936Z jun2022-06-21
- Derelict vessel adrift in 16-02.1N 064-29.5E at 300505Z dec2019-12-30
- Vessel james edison, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-15N 064-20E2019-11-09
- F/V partially submerged and adrift in 15-49.35N 066-10.00E2018-03-21
- F/V shaahabin reported disabled and adrift in 11-13.7N 064-56.8E at 020930Z jun2015-06-04
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 01:58Z; 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.