Derelict M/V royal adrift vicinity 20-16.4N 135-40.6E at 252207Z nov
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1921/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-12-03 00:00Z
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 802/01 260005Z NOV 01. Issued 2001-11-26 00:50Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 20.273, 135.677. 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
- M/V royal, 16 persons on board, sinking in 20-19N 135-33E at 250519Zcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2001-11-26 00:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 802/01 260005Z NOV 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 20.273, 135.677
- vessel
- M/V ROYAL · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT M/V ROYAL ADRIFT VICINITY 20-16.4N 135-40.6E AT 252207Z NOV. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1915/01. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 03 DEC.
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.
- 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
14 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 F/V partially submerged and adrift in 20-57.3N 134-05.8E at 040542Z jan2018-01-04
- Derelict F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 21-45N 134-44E at 312335Z dec2018-01-01
- Derelict F/V adrift and on fire in 21-58.4N 134-53.2E at 301416Z dec2017-12-30
- 28 meter F/V shinpo maru disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 21-26N 135-08E at 252130Z feb2014-02-25
- 28 meter F/V shinpo maru disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 21-25N 135-40E at 241313Z feb2014-02-24
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 22-10N 134-32E at 080130Z feb2014-02-08
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 02:20Z; 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.