Derelicts

Derelict 13 meter F/V, green hull, adrift vicinity 34-22.44S 125-09.78E at 290803Z dec

Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 2961/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-01 09:10Z

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 116/10 290828Z DEC 10; JRCC HONOLULU 290903Z DEC 10; AUSSAR 8389/10 CX 290717Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-29 09:24Z. 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 -34.374, 125.163. 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
2010-12-29 09:24Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-01-01 09:10Z
authority
SEA SAFETY 116/10 290828Z DEC 10; JRCC HONOLULU 290903Z DEC 10; AUSSAR 8389/10 CX 290717Z DEC 10.
issued by
SEA SAFETY
sea
Great Australian Bight
position
-34.374, 125.163
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AUSTRALIA-SOUTHWEST COAST.
1. DERELICT 13 METER F/V, GREEN HULL, ADRIFT
   VICINITY 34-22.44S 125-09.78E AT 290803Z DEC.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2955/10(18,19), VESSEL LOCATED.
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2957/10, PERSONS RESCUED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 010910Z JAN 11.

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

1 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

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

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:28Z; 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.