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Derelict vessel adrift and sinking in 26-30.3N 056-26.3E at 161000Z aug

Strait of Hormuz · Iran · HYDROPAC 2647/19

issued: 2019-08-16 14:49Z
status: cancelled 2019-08-16 14:49Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2019-08-19 14:49Z
authority: NAVAREA IX 260/19 161500Z AUG 19.
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 26.505, 56.438
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
IRAN.
DNC 10.
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT AND SINKING
   IN 26-30.3N 056-26.3E AT 161000Z AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191449Z AUG 19.

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