Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 12-12N 053-32E at 090630Z aug
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2608/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-08-12 07:20Z
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) · MSCHOA REQ 4/15 090659Z AUG 15.. Issued 2015-08-09 07:20Z. 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 12.200, 53.533. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2015-08-09 07:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-08-12 07:20Z
- authority
- MSCHOA REQ 4/15 090659Z AUG 15.
- issued by
- MSCHOA REQ
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 12.200, 53.533
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN ARABIAN SEA. SUQUTRA. DNC 10. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 12-12N 053-32E AT 090630Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120720Z AUG 15.
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
9 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 freya disabled and adrift in 12-45.12N 054-18.31E2023-07-28
- Derelict M/V falcon line adrift in 13-33.6N 053-30.7E2021-06-10
- Derelict seven meter M/V adrift in vicinity 13-40.7N 050-54.4E at 190753Z apr2021-04-19
- 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
- Derelict M/V rim adrift vicinity 10-00N 051-41E at 061400Z jun2010-06-07
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 01:26Z; 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.