147 meter vessel vega fynen disabled and adrift in 10-26S 148-36E at 231953Z oct
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2990/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-10-24 14:20Z
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 6787/11 232020Z OCT.. Issued 2011-10-24 02:44Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -10.433, 148.600. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2011-10-24 02:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 6787/11 232020Z OCT.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -10.433, 148.600
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PAPUA NEW GUINEA-SOUTHEAST COAST. 147 METER VESSEL VEGA FYNEN DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 10-26S 148-36E AT 231953Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PORT MORESBY, PHONE: 675 321 2969 OR RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
20 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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 vessel adrift in 11-27.79S 149-21.60E at 170001Z nov2019-11-17
- Derelict F/V diamond 206, on fire and adrift in vicinity 11-06S 147-43E at 050530Z may2019-05-06
- Derelict M/V afv diamond 206 adrift in 11-06S 147-06E at 040300Z may2019-05-04
- Derelict F/V diamong 206 adrift in 11-09.0S 149-49.3E at 021850Z2019-05-03
- Derelict 13 meter F/V ama georgina adrift in 12-16.31S 146-55.46E at 150455Z apr2019-04-15
- Derelict 13 meter F/V ama georgina adrift in 12-19.60S 146-55.45E at 140519Z apr2019-04-14
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 2026-10-02 02:51Z; 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.