Derelict eight meter vessel partially submerged and anchored in 21-29S 114-55E at 260155Z oct
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3279/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-29 06:52Z
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 41/16 260556Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-26 06:52Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -21.483, 114.917. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2016-10-26 06:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-10-29 06:52Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 41/16 260556Z OCT 16.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -21.483, 114.917
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT EIGHT METER VESSEL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ANCHORED IN 21-29S 114-55E AT 260155Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290652Z OCT 16.
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.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
7 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 seven meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 20-26.20S 115-49.53E at 180758Z aug2020-08-18
- Derelict 30 foot S/V adrift in 23-03.27S 113-25.60E at 060130Z may2017-05-06
- Derelict 100 meter barge adrift vicinity 21-32S 114-44E2013-01-16
- Derelict five meter vessel, orange hull, partially submerged and adrift in 19-34.5S 116-28.5E at 092200Z sep2012-09-12
- Derelict 6.4 meter M/V adrift vicinity 20-18S 116-42E at 250600Z jun2007-06-30
- M/V odin explorer towing four mile long cable disabled and adrift vicinity 18-52.4S 114-09.1E at 180930Z nov2006-11-18
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
- Special purpose vessel nexans aurora / LALC8 / 257682000 conducting cable laying operations from 19 52.44S…Cable ops · 72.4 nm
- Special purpose vessel fugro kwilena / MLOV8 / 503147420 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 76.2 nm
- Drill rig jansz FCS/995031119 in position 19-52.73S 114-36.50E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 97.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 05:57Z; 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.