Derelict 15 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 09-05.4S 129-17.3E at 220220Z dec
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 3791/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-23 04:11Z
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 497/20 220436Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-22 04:40Z. 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 -9.090, 129.288. 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
- Derelict 15 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 09-22.5S 129-33.4E at 230058Z declater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 3791/20 · this notice2020-12-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3803/202020-12-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3820/202020-12-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3834/202020-12-25 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-12-22 04:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-12-25 04:40Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 497/20 220436Z DEC 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -9.090, 129.288
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT 15 METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 09-05.4S 129-17.3E AT 220220Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250440Z DEC 20.
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
67 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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, partially submerged and adrift in 10-21.11S 131-33.11E at 260201Z mar2024-03-26
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in 09-03.25S 131-02.75E at 010238Z mar2024-03-01
- Derelict nine meter lifeboat adrift in 09-02.21S 131-46.53E at 290424Z feb2024-02-29
- Derelict nine meter vessel adrift in 08-21.00S 131-28.00E at 142324Z feb2024-02-15
- Derelict 40 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 09-46.90S 131-38.80E at 070348Z sep2022-09-07
- Derelict ten meter F/V partially submerged and adrift in 08-53.5S 131-29.6E at 240056Z oct2021-10-24
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:03Z; 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.