Derelict 13 meter S/V golden apple adrift vicinity 34-20S 129-58E at 192140Z sep
Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 2635/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-09-22 22:28Z
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 112/11 192210Z SEP 11.. Issued 2011-09-19 22:29Z. 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
- Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -34.333, 129.967. 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 Great Australian Bight →
- issued
- 2011-09-19 22:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-09-22 22:28Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 112/11 192210Z SEP 11.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -34.333, 129.967
- vessel
- S/V GOLDEN APPLE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-SOUTH COAST. 1. DERELICT 13 METER S/V GOLDEN APPLE ADRIFT VICINITY 34-20S 129-58E AT 192140Z SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 222228Z SEP.
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
5 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 6.5 meter M/V gccm adrift in vicinity 35-26.33S 132-31.91E at 100900Z jul2023-07-10
- Derelict 6.5 meter M/V gccm adrift in 35-22.38S 131-53.43E at 090700Z jul2023-07-09
- Derelict 6.5 meter M/V gccm adrift in 35-38.80S 131-23.13E at 080614Z jul2023-07-08
- 18 meter M/V platinum disabled and adrift in 35-24.41S 133-02.69E at 111500Z sep2017-09-11
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 09:55Z; 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.