Derelicts

Derelict five meter vessel adrift in vicinity 11-00.61S 128-14.10E at 090223Z aug

Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 2561/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-12 07:45Z

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 96/19 090301Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-09 07:45Z. 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
Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -11.010, 128.235. 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

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 2431/192019-07-30 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2445/192019-07-31 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 2456/192019-08-01 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 2466/192019-08-02 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 2498/192019-08-05 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 2514/192019-08-06 · Archived notice
Compare all 11 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Timor Sea →

issued
2019-08-09 07:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-08-12 07:45Z
authority
SEA SAFETY 96/19 090301Z AUG 19.
issued by
SEA SAFETY
sea
Timor Sea
position
-11.010, 128.235
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TIMOR SEA.
AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST.
DNC 04.
1. DERELICT FIVE METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   11-00.61S 128-14.10E AT 090223Z AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120745Z AUG 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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

81 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-03 01:55Z; 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.