Derelicts

40 foot vessel clipper t disabled and adrift in 21-39.67S 150-13.00E at 141520Z oct

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 3381/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-10-14 17:02Z

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 9126/19 141546Z OCT 19.. Issued 2019-10-14 16:48Z. 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 -21.661, 150.217. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-10-14 16:48Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC AUSTRALIA 9126/19 141546Z OCT 19.
issued by
JRCC AUSTRALIA
sea
Coral Sea
position
-21.661, 150.217
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CORAL SEA.
AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST.
DNC 05.
40 FOOT VESSEL CLIPPER T DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN
21-39.67S 150-13.00E AT 141520Z OCT. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA,
PHONE: 612 6230 6811,
FAX: 612 6230 6868,
E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

29 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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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 2026-09-29 17:37Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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