Derelict 15 meter vessel, red hull, adrift vicinity 20-16S 154-20E at 210504Z feb
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 316/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-02-24 08:50Z
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 1209/03 210858Z FEB 03; NAVAREA VIII 118/03 211001Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-21 16:00Z. 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 -20.267, 154.333. 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
- Large structure established until 30 apr in area between 08-20N 08-25N and 078-03E 078-38Ecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 330/03, vessel assistedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2003-02-21 16:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 1209/03 210858Z FEB 03; NAVAREA VIII 118/03 211001Z FEB 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -20.267, 154.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 15 METER VESSEL, RED HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 20-16S 154-20E AT 210504Z FEB. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 300/03(63). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 FEB.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
10 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 18-01.60S 154-02.90E at 051850Z sep2023-09-05
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 21-00.04S 153-12.40E at 070240Z aug2021-08-07
- 190 meter M/V abu al abyad disabled and adrift in 21-04S 152-57E at 211926Z may2017-05-21
- M/V thor commander disabled and adrift in 20-48.37S 152-48.58E at 112114Z jan2015-01-11
- Derelict 15 meter M/V sea dragon, white hull adrift vicinity 21-51S 154-37E at 140400Z sep2012-09-14
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift vicinity 19-53.5S 152-27.3E at 090210Z jan2011-01-09
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:01Z; 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.