Derelict 12 meter vessel adrift in 09-40.6S 145-57.1E at 171230Z sep
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 3217/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-09-19 04:32Z
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) · JRCC AUSTRALIA 5885/17 171258Z SEP 17.. Issued 2017-09-18 13:19Z. 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 -9.677, 145.952. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3217/17 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2017-09-18 13:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-09-21 16:19Z
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 5885/17 171258Z SEP 17.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -9.677, 145.952
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CORAL SEA. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT 12 METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN 09-40.6S 145-57.1E AT 171230Z SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211619Z SEP 17.
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
16 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.
- 92 meter M/V fly alliance disabled and adrift due to loss of steering in 08-55.21S 145-17.13E at 260415Z jun2023-06-26
- Derelict F/V diamond 206, on fire and adrift in vicinity 11-06S 147-43E at 050530Z may2019-05-06
- Derelict M/V afv diamond 206 adrift in 11-06S 147-06E at 040300Z may2019-05-04
- Derelict 13 meter F/V ama georgina adrift in 11-52.52S 145-24.01E at 210651Z apr2019-04-21
- Derelict 13 meter F/V ama georgina adrift in 12-16.31S 146-55.46E at 150455Z apr2019-04-15
- Derelict 13 meter F/V ama georgina adrift in 12-19.60S 146-55.45E at 140519Z apr2019-04-14
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 04:37Z; 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.