Derelict 53 foot M/V adrift in 02-45N 108-00E at 231200Z may
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1959/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-05-26 15:06Z
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 254/18 231457Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-23 15:06Z. 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 2.750, 108.000. 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
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 1952/182018-05-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1959/18 · this notice2018-05-23 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-05-23 15:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-05-26 15:06Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 254/18 231457Z MAY 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 2.750, 108.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. INDONESIA. DNC 11. 1. DERELICT 53 FOOT M/V ADRIFT IN 02-45N 108-00E AT 231200Z MAY. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261506Z MAY 18.
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.
- 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
21 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 golden maple disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 02-01.00N 105-13.60E at 091457Z sep2023-09-10
- Derelict vessel mysthic adrift on fire in 03-04N 105-02E at 240400Z mar2019-03-24
- S/V fukumaru disabled due to engine failure in 02-50.96N 108-05.49E2018-05-23
- Vessel km hasil laut disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 01-18N 108-05E2017-12-19
- Vessel rainbow joy disabled and adrift in 02-15N 108-18E at 220344Z jul2014-07-22
- Derelict 20 meter vessel, white and yellow hull, partially submerged and adrift in 02-42.14N 105-09.27E at…2013-12-27
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 2026-10-01 23:32Z; 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.