Derelict 40 foot vessel adrift in 40-02.80S 144-12.87E at 031900Z feb
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 307/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-06 21:45Z
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 13/16 031834Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-03 21:39Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -40.047, 144.214. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2016-02-03 21:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-02-06 21:45Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 13/16 031834Z FEB 16.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -40.047, 144.214
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. TASMANIA. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT 40 FOOT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 40-02.80S 144-12.87E AT 031900Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 062145Z FEB 16.
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
13 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 18 meter M/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 39-06S 145-48E at 160253Z dec2021-12-16
- Derelict 11 meter M/V yacht DDU2 anchored in 40-40.43S 147-55.68E at 072240Z dec2018-12-07
- Derelict ten meter S/V, red and white hull, adrift in 39-11.4S 145-16.9E at 250800Z mar2017-03-25
- Derelict 8.5 meter S/V adrift in 39-12.1S 145-24.3E at 301350Z jul2015-07-30
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift vicinity 39-44.66S 145-29.62E at 031100Z feb2014-02-03
- Derelict 17 meter F/V adrift vicinity 38-56S 145-57E2011-11-09
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
- Great australian bightCable ops · 60.8 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 60.8 nm
- Drill rig transocean equinox / V7A7397 / 538010767 in position 38-46.20S 142-48.80E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 100.5 nm
- Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 105.2 nm
- 1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 105.2 nm
- 2 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.0NM of position 38-47.19S…Nav aids · 106.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:51Z; 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.