Derelict vessel kekada partially submerged and adrift in 20-37.4N 115-40.3E at 061530Z nov
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3131/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-11-09 19:25Z
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 873/11 061908Z NOV 11.. Issued 2011-11-06 19:24Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 20.623, 115.672. 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 South China Sea →
- issued
- 2011-11-06 19:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-11-09 19:25Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 873/11 061908Z NOV 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 20.623, 115.672
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. 1. DERELICT VESSEL KEKADA PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 20-37.4N 115-40.3E AT 061530Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091925Z NOV.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
21 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 lifeboat adrift in vicinity 21-12.3N 113-20.6E at 050248Z apr2022-04-05
- Derelict M/V hyun jin, 65 meters long adrift in vicinity of 18-53.6N 115-02.1E at 240920Z nov2020-11-24
- Derelict 20 meter F/V you sheng 1, adrift in vicinity 19-19.3N 113-00.8E2019-03-14
- Derelict 20 meter F/V you sheng 1, adrift in vicinity 20-14.37N 115-45.69E2019-03-08
- Derelict vessel adrift in 18-35N 116-56E on 08 aug2018-08-09
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 18-54.1N 117-02.9E at 170651Z sep2015-09-17
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 06:35Z; 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.