Derelict 25 foot M/V adrift vicinity 39-47.9S 145-11.7E at 220200Z dec
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 2244/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-12-30 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) · RCC AUSTRALIA SEA SAFETY 88/07 220304Z DEC 07./. Issued 2007-12-23 04:28Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -39.798, 145.195. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2007-12-23 04:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC AUSTRALIA SEA SAFETY 88/07 220304Z DEC 07./
- issued by
- RCC AUSTRALIA SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -39.798, 145.195
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 25 FOOT M/V ADRIFT VICINITY 39-47.9S 145-11.7E AT 220200Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 30 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.
- 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
18 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.
- Derelict seven meter vessel avanator, white hull, unlit and anchored in 40-35.10S 148-05.90E at 120620Z apr2024-04-12
- Derelict 18 meter M/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 39-06S 145-48E at 160253Z dec2021-12-16
- Derelict 12 meter vessel showtime abandoned and adrift in 38-24.3S 148-16.3E at 232130Z feb2020-02-24
- Derelict 11 meter M/V yacht DDU2 anchored in 40-40.43S 147-55.68E at 072240Z dec2018-12-07
- Derelict ten meter S/V, red and white hull, adrift in 39-11.4S 145-16.9E at 250800Z mar2017-03-25
- Derelict 40 foot vessel adrift in 40-02.80S 144-12.87E at 031900Z feb2016-02-03
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
- Great australian bightCable ops · 94.4 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 94.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:37Z; 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.