Derelicts

Derelict M/V yarrawonga, red and white hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 23-10.64S 051-02.46E…

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3706/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-11-14 11:50Z

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 MADAGASCAR 111430Z NOV 19.. Issued 2019-11-11 15:02Z. 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 -23.177, 51.041. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued: 2019-11-11 15:02Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-11-14 11:50Z
authority: JRCC MADAGASCAR 111430Z NOV 19.
issued by: JRCC MADAGASCAR
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -23.177, 51.041
vessel: M/V YARRAWONGA
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
MADAGASCAR.
DNC 02.
1. DERELICT M/V YARRAWONGA, RED AND WHITE HULL,
   PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   23-10.64S 051-02.46E AT 111140Z NOV. VESSELS
   IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT.
   REPORTS TO JRCC MADAGASCAR,
   E-MAIL: jrccmad@moov.mg.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141150Z NOV 19.

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.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

32 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

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 2026-10-03 19:15Z; 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.