Derelicts

Derelict 20 meter F/V, blue hull, partially submerged and adrift in 40-14.2S 069-43.9E at 231042Z jan

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 196/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-01-26 15:10Z

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) · LA REUNION 1/12 231411Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-23 15:10Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -40.237, 69.732. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2012-01-23 15:10Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2012-01-26 15:10Z
authority: LA REUNION 1/12 231411Z JAN 12.
issued by: LA REUNION
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -40.237, 69.732
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
1. DERELICT 20 METER F/V, BLUE HULL,
   PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN
   40-14.2S 069-43.9E AT 231042Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261510Z JAN.

Reading this warning

Derelict: An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
Semi-submerged: Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

4 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 turicum disabled and adrift vicinity 38-14S 069-23E2003-11-23
M/V turicum disabled and adrift vicinity 38-17S 069-05E2003-11-22
M/V turicum disabled and adrift vicinity 38-15S 068-49E2003-11-22

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 04:33Z; 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.