Derelict 15 meter M/V sea dragon, white hull adrift vicinity 21-51S 154-37E at 140400Z sep
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2618/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-09-17 07:14Z
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 56/12 140554Z SEP 12.. Issued 2012-09-14 07:14Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -21.850, 154.617. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-09-14 07:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-09-17 07:14Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 56/12 140554Z SEP 12.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -21.850, 154.617
- vessel
- M/V SEA DRAGON · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN SEA. AUSTRALIA-EAST COAST. 1. DERELICT 15 METER M/V SEA DRAGON, WHITE HULL ADRIFT VICINITY 21-51S 154-37E AT 140400Z SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170714Z SEP 12.
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
16 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 vessel partially submerged and adrift in 21-00.04S 153-12.40E at 070240Z aug2021-08-07
- Derelict nine meter M/V adrift in 23-38S 154-13E at 232300Z jul2020-07-24
- Derelict seven meter vessel honeybadger adrift in 22-59.57S 152-34.19E at 280048Z aug2018-08-28
- Derelict 15 meter S/V partially submerged and adrift in 24-26S 153-22E at 250300Z jul2017-07-25
- 190 meter M/V abu al abyad disabled and adrift in 21-04S 152-57E at 211926Z may2017-05-21
- M/V thor commander disabled and adrift in 20-48.37S 152-48.58E at 112114Z jan2015-01-11
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 04:37Z; 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.