Derelict 12 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 10-29.61S 132-22.82E at 240244Z aug
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 2722/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-27 04:55Z
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 39/23 240406Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-24 04:57Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -10.493, 132.380. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2023-08-24 04:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-08-27 04:55Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 39/23 240406Z AUG 23.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -10.493, 132.380
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. AUSTRALIA. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT 12 METER VESSEL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 10-29.61S 132-22.82E AT 240244Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270455Z AUG 23.
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.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
72 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 10-21.11S 131-33.11E at 260201Z mar2024-03-26
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in vicinity 09-08.60S 132-48.00E at 0404418Z mar2024-03-04
- Lifeboat, 9 meters, adrift in vicinity 09-11.70S 132-35.30E at 030712Z mar2024-03-03
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in 09-03.25S 131-02.75E at 010238Z mar2024-03-01
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in 09-02.21S 131-46.53E at 290424Z feb2024-02-29
- Derelict nine meter vessel adrift in 08-21.00S 131-28.00E at 142324Z feb2024-02-15
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
- Cape hotham light Q3315 in position 12-02.78S 131-17.37E unlitNav aids · 113.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 07:00Z; 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.