Derelicts

M/V golden maple disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 02-01.00N 105-13.60E at 091457Z sep

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2908/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-09-11 07:09Z

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) · RCC BASARNAS 0/23 100551Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-10 06:12Z. 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
South China Sea. The parsed report position is 2.017, 105.227. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2023-09-10 06:12Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC BASARNAS 0/23 100551Z SEP 23.
issued by
RCC BASARNAS
sea
South China Sea
position
2.017, 105.227
vessel
M/V GOLDEN MAPLE
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
DNC 11.
M/V GOLDEN MAPLE DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO
ENGINE FAILURE IN VICINITY  02-01.00N 105-13.60E AT
091457Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC BASARNAS,
PHONE: 6221 6586 7510, FAX: 6221 6586 7512,
E-MAIL: RCC.INDONESIA@BASARNAS.GO.ID,
KAGAHAR@GMAIL.COM.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

30 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:36Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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