Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 23-30N 060-25E
Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 3429/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-12-02 09:35Z
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 468/21 290442Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-29 09:35Z. 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
- Gulf of Oman. The parsed report position is 23.500, 60.417. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2021-11-29 09:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-12-02 09:35Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 468/21 290442Z NOV 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Oman
- position
- 23.500, 60.417
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF OMAN. OMAN. DNC 10. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 23-30N 060-25E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 020935Z DEC 21.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
11 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 F/V al marjan partially submerged and adrift in 25-02.04N 062-21.09E at 281540Z feb2023-02-28
- Derelict M/V kokuka courageous adrift in 25-19N 057-50E2019-06-13
- Derelict 70 meter M/V saed, black hull, adrift in 21-19.8N 061-56.3E at 280735Z jul2014-08-06
- Derelict 70 meter M/V saed, black hull, adrift in 21-19N 061-56E at 280735Z jul2014-07-31
- Derelict 70 meter M/V saed, black hull, adrift in 21-19N 061-56E at 280735Z jul2014-07-30
- Derelict vessel adrift in 21-20N 061-57E2014-07-28
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:55Z; 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.