Derelict M/V hamed kharazm adrift in 26-33.2N 056-33.0E at 281015Z dec
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 3860/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-31 11:04Z
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 461/20 281052Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-28 11:04Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 26.553, 56.550. 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
- Vessel kharazm capsized and adrift in 26-39.18N 056-46.77Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2020-12-28 11:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-12-31 11:04Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 461/20 281052Z DEC 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 26.553, 56.550
- vessel
- M/V HAMED KHARAZM
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
STRAIT OF HORMUZ. OMAN. DNC 10. 1. DERELICT M/V HAMED KHARAZM ADRIFT IN 26-33.2N 056-33.0E AT 281015Z DEC. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3857/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 311104Z 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40E2026-09-24
- M/V el gaia on fire, adrift and spilling oil in 26-26.50N 056-30.10E2026-09-13
- M/V gazlog shanghai disabled and adrift in 26-05.11N 056-35.40E at 312330Z jul2026-08-01
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85E2025-06-19
- Derelict M/V kokuka courageous adrift in 25-19N 057-50E2019-06-13
- Derelict vessel, yellow hull, adrift in vicinity 25-19N 053-50E2019-03-28
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
- M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 9.9 nm
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 14 nm
- Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 23.9 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 56.7 nm
- Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 85.5 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 86.7 nm
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 101.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:17Z; 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.