Derelict lifeboat adrift in 25-24.23N 054-21.07E at 221000Z oct
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 3277/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-10-26 07:50Z
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) · NAVAREA IX 280/13 230421Z OCT 13.. Issued 2013-10-23 07:50Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.404, 54.351. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2013-10-23 07:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-10-26 07:50Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 280/13 230421Z OCT 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.404, 54.351
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. U.A.E. 1. DERELICT LIFEBOAT ADRIFT IN 25-24.23N 054-21.07E AT 221000Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260750Z OCT 13.
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.
- 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 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40E2026-09-24
- M/V el gaia on fire, adrift and spilling oil in 26-26.50N 056-30.10E2026-09-13
- M/V gazlog shanghai disabled and adrift in 26-05.11N 056-35.40E at 312330Z jul2026-08-01
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85E2025-06-19
- Derelict M/V hamed kharazm adrift in 26-33.2N 056-33.0E at 281015Z dec2020-12-28
- Derelict M/V kokuka courageous adrift in 25-19N 057-50E2019-06-13
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
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 16 nm
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 42.6 nm
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 53.7 nm
- Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 81.3 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 109 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 112.5 nm
- RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 115 nm
- 12.9 meter depths reported in borouge channel 24-09.00N 052-45.20EWrecks · 115.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:38Z; 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.