Derelict 30 meter vessel adrift in 09-27.4S 131-17.3E at 310033Z dec
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 3884/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-01-03 03:39Z
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 516/20 310241Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-31 03:39Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -9.457, 131.288. 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 30 meter vessel adrift in 09-25.0S 130-58.4E at 300030Z deccancelled by this 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 3855/202020-12-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3873/202020-12-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3884/20 · this notice2020-12-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3/212021-01-01 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-12-31 03:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-01-03 03:39Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 516/20 310241Z DEC 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -9.457, 131.288
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT 30 METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN 09-27.4S 131-17.3E AT 310033Z DEC. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3873/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 030339Z JAN 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.
- 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
76 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 vicinity 09-08.60S 132-48.00E at 0404418Z mar2024-03-04
- Lifeboat, 9 meters, adrift in vicinity 09-11.70S 132-35.30E at 030712Z mar2024-03-03
- 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
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 07:00Z; 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.