Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 16-21N 054-15E at 252055Z dec
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2565/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-12-29 13:25Z
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 IX 247/08 261900Z DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-26 21:25Z. 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 16.350, 54.250. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2565/08 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2008-12-26 21:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 247/08 261900Z DEC 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 16.350, 54.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 16-21N 054-15E AT 252055Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 JAN 09.
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
10 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.
- Vessel fox disabled and adrift in 16-53.8N 054-03.6E2022-01-27
- Derelict M/V falcon line adrift in 13-33.6N 053-30.7E2021-06-10
- Vessel disabled and adrift in 16-54.05N 054-01.80E2018-05-27
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 14-11N 054-39E at 101320Z aug2015-08-10
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 14-21.0N 053-33.3E at 050630Z oct2010-10-05
- Vessel iran abozar adrift in 16-55N 055-28E due to engine failure2008-06-05
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 01:27Z; 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.