Vessel freya disabled and adrift in 12-45.12N 054-18.31E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2455/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-11 15:33Z
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) · UK COAST GUARD 0/23 280504Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-28 05:15Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 12.752, 54.305. 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
- Vessel freya requesting assistance in 08-21.93N 054-48.98Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2023-07-28 05:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UK COAST GUARD 0/23 280504Z JUL 23.
- issued by
- UK COAST GUARD
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 12.752, 54.305
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. YEMEN. DNC 10. 1. VESSEL FREYA DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 12-45.12N 054-18.31E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO UK COAST GUARD, PHONE: 44 344 382 0025, E-MAIL: UKMRCC@HMCG.GOV.UK. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2430/23.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
8 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 M/V falcon line adrift in 13-33.6N 053-30.7E2021-06-10
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 14-11N 054-39E at 101320Z aug2015-08-10
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 12-12N 053-32E at 090630Z aug2015-08-09
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 14-21.0N 053-33.3E at 050630Z oct2010-10-05
- Vessel mareg 4 disabled and adrift in 13-38N 056-33E at 310650Z jul2005-08-02
- M/V dana abandoned and adrift in 11-54N 052-31E at 271230Z jul2001-07-27
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 2026-09-26 07:05Z; 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.