Derelict 15 meter S/V adrift in vicinity 34-14.21S 151-05.64E at 210501Z sep
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 3097/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-09-24 06:23Z
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 109/19 210615Z SEP 19.. Issued 2019-09-21 06:23Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -34.237, 151.094. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2019-09-21 06:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-09-24 06:23Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 109/19 210615Z SEP 19.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -34.237, 151.094
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN SEA. AUSTRALIAN-EAST COAST. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT 15 METER S/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 34-14.21S 151-05.64E AT 210501Z SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 240623Z SEP 19.
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
28 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.
- 15 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 33-20.60S 151-34.90E at 050514Z oct2023-10-05
- Derelict 11 meter vessel partially submerged in 35-17.43S 150-46.48E at 300340Z nov2021-11-30
- Derelict S/V papillon adrift in vicinity 36-56.5S 151-04.1E at 261315Z jul2021-07-26
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 36-56.5S 151-04.1E at 261315Z jul2021-07-26
- Derelict S/V papillon adrift in 36-29.53S 151-09.27E at 251215Z jul2021-07-25
- Derelict 33 foot S/V, white hull, abandoned and adrift in vicinity 35-40.1S 150-19.9E at 290054Z jan2021-01-29
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 06:15Z; 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.