Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift at 241400Z jun: a. bow vicinity 15-25N 067-53E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1845/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-06-26 09:13Z
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 VIII 355/13 251001Z JUN 13.. Issued 2013-06-25 11:45Z. 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 14.608, 66.358. 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 231400Z jun: a. bow vicinity 15-12N 066-53Ecancelled by this notice
- Derelict M/V mol comfort stern adrift vicinity 14-03N 065-30E at 251400Z 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 1779/132013-06-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1807/132013-06-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1823/132013-06-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1833/132013-06-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1845/13 · this notice2013-06-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1850/132013-06-26 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2013-06-25 11:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-06-28 11:45Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 355/13 251001Z JUN 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 14.608, 66.358
- 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 241400Z JUN: A. BOW VICINITY 15-25N 067-53E. B. STERN VICINITY 13-48N 064-50E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1833/13. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 281145Z 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
12 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
- F/V partially submerged and adrift in 15-49.35N 066-10.00E2018-03-21
- Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 14-06.02N 068-46.03E at 111230Z feb2018-02-12
- Derelict M/V mol comfort stern adrift vicinity 14-03N 065-30E at 251400Z jun2013-06-26
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 01:57Z; 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.