Derelict 11 meter S/V dismasted and adrift in 34-59.4S 157-32.4E at 161955Z oct
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 2906/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-10-19 21:30Z
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 X 31/12 162029Z OCT 12.. Issued 2012-10-16 21:27Z. 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 -34.990, 157.540. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-10-16 21:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-10-19 21:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA X 31/12 162029Z OCT 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -34.990, 157.540
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN SEA. 1. DERELICT 11 METER S/V DISMASTED AND ADRIFT IN 34-59.4S 157-32.4E AT 161955Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 192130Z 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
7 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 six meter vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 35-36.48S 159-10.25E at 262031Z aug2021-08-26
- Derelict 12 meter S/V val adrift in 33-19.95S 155-12.22E at 072142Z mar2017-03-07
- Derelict ten meter vessel avolet adrift in 33-45S 154-34E at 130900Z nov2015-11-13
- Derelict 13 meter S/V ferro cement partially submerged and adrift in 34-45.3S 154-39.5E at 142252Z nov2010-11-15
- Derelict ten meter S/V adrift vicinity 32-44S 157-27E at 031530Z nov2004-11-03
- Derelict 7.7 meter vessel dreamweaver II, white hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 33-16S 156-02E…2002-10-25
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 2026-09-28 05:28Z; 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.