Derelict 18.5 meter F/V partially submerged and adrift in 36-56.16S 137-56.82E at 142238Z dec
Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 2799/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-18 15:00Z
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 113/10 150231Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-15 15:00Z. 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 -36.936, 137.947. 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
- 2010-12-15 15:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-12-18 15:00Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 113/10 150231Z DEC 10.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -36.936, 137.947
- 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 18.5 METER F/V PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 36-56.16S 137-56.82E AT 142238Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181500Z DEC.
Reading this warning
- 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
10 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.
- 45 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 37-00.1S 138-24.1E2021-02-10
- 11.6 meter vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 35-34S 137-37E2021-01-25
- Derelict six meter vessel, yellow hull, adrift in vicinity 36-11.6S 137-18.5E at 310430Z dec2018-12-31
- Derelict 17 meter vessel westwing state, white hull with blue stripe, adrift in vicinity 35-17.89S…2018-07-18
- Derelict 22 meter vessel port princess partially submerged and adrift in 38-05.58S 140-25.41E at 160343Z may…2017-05-16
- Derelict eight meter M/V partially submerged and adrift in 38-19.3S 140-23.1E at 090200Z mar2017-03-09
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 12:05Z; 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.