Derelicts

Derelict M/V kokuka courageous adrift in 25-19N 057-50E

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 1931/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-06-16 18:35Z

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 193/19 131640Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-13 18:35Z. 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: Gulf of Oman. The parsed report position is 24.867, 57.600. 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 Gulf of Oman →

issued: 2019-06-13 18:35Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-06-16 18:35Z
authority: NAVAREA IX 193/19 131640Z JUN 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Oman
position: 24.867, 57.600
vessels: M/V FRONT ALTAIR M/V KOKUKA COURAGEOUS
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
IRAN.
DNC 10.
1. DERELICT M/V KOKUKA COURAGEOUS ADRIFT
   IN 25-19N 057-50E.
2. DERELICT M/V FRONT ALTAIR ADRIFT
   IN 24-25N 057-22E.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 161835Z JUN 19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

18 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

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

Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 47.1 nm
GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 70.6 nm
Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 78.6 nm
M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 107 nm
Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 114.9 nm
Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 117.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:47Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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