Derelict life boat, orange hull, adrift in vicinity 18-00.2N 110-27.9E at 230255Z jan
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 248/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-01-26 09:08Z
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 46/19 230835Z JAN 19.. Issued 2019-01-23 09:08Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 18.003, 110.465. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2019-01-23 09:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-01-26 09:08Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 46/19 230835Z JAN 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 18.003, 110.465
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DNC 23. 1. DERELICT LIFE BOAT, ORANGE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 18-00.2N 110-27.9E AT 230255Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260908Z JAN 19.
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.
- 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
12 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.
- F/V dna 91087 ts drifting due to engine failure in 16-59N 108-35E at 220400Z apr2019-04-25
- Derelict 20 meter F/V you sheng 1, adrift in vicinity 19-19.3N 113-00.8E2019-03-14
- M/V sinar kapuas disabled and adrift in 19-49-12N 111-37-43E at 210643Z aug2018-08-21
- Derelict M/V haiha 38, partially submerged and adrift in 16-13N 108-25E at 102155Z aug2018-08-11
- F/V qb 98991 ts disabled and adrift in 17-55N 107-56E at 010815Z dec2016-12-01
- F/V bd 97179 ts disabled and adrift in 16-49N 108-40E at 051900Z aug2015-08-06
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 06:35Z; 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.