Derelict F/V dinusanka 2 adrift in 04-21N 084-17E at 160650Z aug
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2661/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-08-21 10:20Z
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) · NAVAREA VIII 630/19 181006Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-18 10:20Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is 4.350, 84.283. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2019-08-18 10:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-08-21 10:20Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 630/19 181006Z AUG 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 4.350, 84.283
- vessel
- F/V DINUSANKA 2
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 03. 1. DERELICT F/V DINUSANKA 2 ADRIFT IN 04-21N 084-17E AT 160650Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211020Z AUG 19.
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
54 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- 330 meter M/V serene 01, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 06-04.00N 085-21.00E at 080100Z sep2023-09-08
- 196 meter M/V papayiannis III disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 05-54.80N 082-53.60E at…2023-04-30
- 196 meter M/V papayiannis III disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 05-56.00N 082-52.00E at…2023-04-29
- 45 foot F/V lakshitha 5, blue hull, and 40 foot F/V lakshitha 4, green hull, disabled and adrift due to…2022-09-22
- Derelict barge adrift in 05-51.60N 085-47.80E at 140830Z aug2022-08-14
- Derelict F/V adrift in 05-55.00N 084-51.00E at 110900Z jul2022-07-11
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 06:09Z; 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.