Derelict seven meter vessel, white hull, adrift vicinity 27-40.9S 112-16.2E at 080518Z jul
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2249/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-07-11 09:05Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 37/15 080745Z JUL 15 - AUSSAR 4540/15 CX 080549Z JUL 15.. Issued 2015-07-08 09:05Z. 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 -27.682, 112.270. 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
- issued
- 2015-07-08 09:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-07-11 09:05Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 37/15 080745Z JUL 15 - AUSSAR 4540/15 CX 080549Z JUL 15.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -27.682, 112.270
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA-WEST COAST. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT SEVEN METER VESSEL, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 27-40.9S 112-16.2E AT 080518Z JUL. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2246/15. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 110905Z JUL 15.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
7 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 13.3 meter S/V osprey, cream hull, adrift vicinity 26-46.4S 113-23.1E at 110430Z sep2015-09-11
- Derelict 40 foot vessel seafox II partially submerged and adrift in 26-53.3S 113-31.6E at 271343Z jun2015-06-27
- Derelict seven meter vessel adrift in 27-51.01S 112-42.99E at 070630Z jun2011-06-07
- Eight meter vessel, white hull, adrift in 30-12.4S 112-39.1E at 020630Z oct2010-10-02
- Derelict 12 meter F/V bradley-d partially submerged and adrift in 27-41S 113-40E2000-02-10
- Derelict 12 meter F/V bradley-d partially submerged and adrift in 27-14S 113-40E2000-02-09
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 21:30Z; 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.