Derelicts

Derelict S/V scotch bonnet dismasted and adrift in 34-29.5S 162-33.5E at 020400Z oct

Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 2765/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-10-05 04:40Z

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 120/11 020416Z OCT 11 - JRCC HONOLULU 020419Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-02 04:43Z. 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
Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -34.492, 162.558. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

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issued
2011-10-02 04:43Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-10-05 04:40Z
authority
SEA SAFETY 120/11 020416Z OCT 11 - JRCC HONOLULU 020419Z OCT 11.
issued by
SEA SAFETY
sea
Tasman Sea
position
-34.492, 162.558
vessel
S/V SCOTCH BONNET · 5 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
1. DERELICT S/V SCOTCH BONNET DISMASTED AND ADRIFT
   IN 34-29.5S 162-33.5E AT 020400Z OCT.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2748/11(83), VESSEL LOCATED SAFE.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 050440Z OCT.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

4 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 04:02Z; 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.