Derelict S/V scotch bonnet dismasted and adrift in 30-46.83S 163-39.38E at 120200Z dec
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3463/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-12-13 07:35Z
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 X 25/11 120327Z DEC 11.. Issued 2011-12-12 03:59Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -30.780, 163.656. 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 3463/11 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2011-12-12 03:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-12-15 04:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA X 25/11 120327Z DEC 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -30.780, 163.656
- vessel
- S/V SCOTCH BONNET · 5 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN SEA. 1. DERELICT S/V SCOTCH BONNET DISMASTED AND ADRIFT IN 30-46.83S 163-39.38E AT 120200Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 150400Z DEC.
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
7 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 14 meter vessel adrift in 31-46.00S 162-45.50E at 061241Z sep2022-09-06
- Derelict 76 meter barge bribie adrift in position 28-21.65S 163-06.50E at 122144Z feb2020-02-13
- Derelict S/V scotch bonnet dismasted and adrift in 32-02.89S 166-16.67E at 200145Z nov2011-11-20
- 12 meter vessel eroica partially submerged and adrift vicinity 29-20S 160-46E at 140630Z mar2003-03-14
- F/V shunfa adrift vicinity 28-50S 162-50E1999-07-01
- Derelict S/V janamarie II, dismasted and adrift in 28-43S 162-50E at 202100Z nov1998-11-21
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 01:50Z; 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.