Derelict 15 meter S/V far niente, cream hull, adrift in 29-32.69S 159-01.26E at 130352Z aug
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2271/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-08-16 09:00Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 103/11 130648Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-13 09:09Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -29.545, 159.021. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2011-08-13 09:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-08-16 09:00Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 103/11 130648Z AUG 11.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -29.545, 159.021
- vessel
- S/V FAR NIENTE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN SEA. AUSTRALIA-EAST COAST. 1. DERELICT 15 METER S/V FAR NIENTE, CREAM HULL, ADRIFT IN 29-32.69S 159-01.26E AT 130352Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160900Z AUG.
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
9 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 8.5 meter vessel conquistador, white hull, adrift in 29-34.1S 156-13.0E at 121430Z mar2018-03-12
- Derelict nine meter vessel adrift vicinity 30-00.7S 156-32.4E at 150205Z dec2015-12-15
- Derelict 12 meter vessel nirvelli, white hull, adrift in 29-33.02S 158-04.50E at 140343Z nov2015-11-14
- Derelict 12 meter vessel nirvelli, white hull, adrift vicinity 29-11.56S 158-05.03E at 130218Z nov2015-11-13
- Derelict ten meter vessel enya II, white hull, adrift in 30-33.2S 159-16.8E at 040700Z sep2014-09-04
- Derelict ten meter vessel sandshoe, white hull with red stripe, adrift in 32-15S 159-11E at 090304Z jun2012-06-09
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:02Z; 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.