Derelict M/V first adrift in 38-51N 130-50E at 210230Z nov
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 2006/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-11-28 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 583/03 21 NOV 03. Issued 2003-11-21 06:40Z. 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
- Japan Sea. The parsed report position is 38.850, 130.833. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2003-11-21 06:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 583/03 21 NOV 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 38.850, 130.833
- vessel
- M/V FIRST
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT M/V FIRST ADRIFT IN 38-51N 130-50E AT 210230Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 NOV.
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.
- 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
10 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.
- Derelict F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 40-54N 132-30E at 180101Z oct2019-10-18
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 40-36.75N 129-55.25E at 290800Z oct2018-10-29
- Derelict F/V adrift in vicinity 40-51N 132-35E at 170200Z oct2018-10-17
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 40-22.3N 132-44.4E at 242230Z sep2018-09-25
- Derelict F/V adrift on 09 jul in: a. 42-04N 132-57E2018-07-09
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 41-26N 131-20E at 100700Z dec2017-12-10
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 04:58Z; 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.