Derelict 15 meter wooden F/V abandoned and adrift in vicinity 11-38.2S 124-00.6E at 191329Z dec
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 3670/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-12-22 15:21Z
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 XI 413/21 191505Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-19 15:21Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -11.637, 124.010. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2021-12-19 15:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-12-22 15:21Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 413/21 191505Z DEC 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -11.637, 124.010
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. INDONESIA. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT 15 METER WOODEN F/V ABANDONED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 11-38.2S 124-00.6E AT 191329Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221521Z 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.
- 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
101 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 vessel partially submerged and adrift in 13-52.55S 125-36.03E at 041235Z nov2023-11-04
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 12-21.42S 123-04.94E at 300333Z oct2023-10-30
- 14 meter F/V, green hull, adrift in vicinity 13-15.65S 125-27.40E at 290424Z aug2023-08-29
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 14-27.65S 123-57.32E at 020803Z jun2023-06-02
- Partially submerged vessel with six meter rope attached adrift in vicinity 13-05.26S 125-53.17E at 140410Z mar2023-03-14
- Derelict 13 meter F/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 14-18.55S 124-01.40E at 240600Z nov2022-11-24
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
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V safe boreas in area bound by 12-54.90S…Surveys · 84.3 nm
- Special purpose vessel safe boreas 565905000 supporting underwater operations in an area bounded by…Surveys · 84.3 nm
- Special purpose vessel shark 1/T2DT6/572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by 11-30.00…Surveys · 92.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:25Z; 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.