Two derelict F/V on fire and adrift vicinity 12-10S 096-33E at 120715Z oct
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2863/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-10-15 08:55Z
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) · AUSSAR 6683/12 120745Z OCT 12.. Issued 2012-10-12 08:55Z. 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 -12.167, 96.550. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-10-12 08:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-10-15 08:55Z
- authority
- AUSSAR 6683/12 120745Z OCT 12.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -12.167, 96.550
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS. 1. TWO DERELICT F/V ON FIRE AND ADRIFT VICINITY 12-10S 096-33E AT 120715Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 150855Z OCT 12.
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.
- 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
9 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 ten meter vessel adrift in vicinity 11-53S 095-31E at 310230Z jul2021-07-31
- Derelict 12 meter F/V adrift in 12-00.3S 096-43.0E at 060800Z may2016-05-06
- F/V, disabled and adrift in 10-57S 095-40E at 250345Z sep2012-09-25
- Derelict ten meter F/V adrift vicinity 10-53S 095-24E at 050500Z sep2012-09-05
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 12-19.03S 096-41.48E at 271930Z jul2012-07-27
- Derelict 15 meter F/V, white hull with blue stripes, adrift vicinity 11-07.1S 094-04.4E2012-07-17
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 2026-10-01 03:55Z; 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.