Derelict 20 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 09-32.0S 131-43.4E at 010221Z jan
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 3/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-01-04 05:42Z
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 XI 1/21 010459Z JAN 21.. Issued 2021-01-01 05:42Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -9.533, 131.723. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 3855/202020-12-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3873/202020-12-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3884/202020-12-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3/21 · this notice2021-01-01 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2021-01-01 05:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-01-04 05:42Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 1/21 010459Z JAN 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -9.533, 131.723
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT 20 METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 09-32.0S 131-43.4E AT 010221Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 040542Z JAN 21.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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
74 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 10-21.11S 131-33.11E at 260201Z mar2024-03-26
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in vicinity 09-08.60S 132-48.00E at 0404418Z mar2024-03-04
- Lifeboat, 9 meters, adrift in vicinity 09-11.70S 132-35.30E at 030712Z mar2024-03-03
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in 09-03.25S 131-02.75E at 010238Z mar2024-03-01
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in 09-02.21S 131-46.53E at 290424Z feb2024-02-29
- Derelict nine meter vessel adrift in 08-21.00S 131-28.00E at 142324Z feb2024-02-15
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 19:39Z; 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.