Derelict S/V seya baba adrift vicinity 00-29S 079-20E at 221230Z dec
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3975/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-12-26 10:36Z
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 VIII 792/16 231011Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-23 10:36Z. 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 -0.483, 79.333. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2016-12-23 10:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-12-26 10:36Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 792/16 231011Z DEC 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -0.483, 79.333
- vessel
- S/V SEYA BABA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 03. 1. DERELICT S/V SEYA BABA ADRIFT VICINITY 00-29S 079-20E AT 221230Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261036Z DEC 16.
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
15 within 180 nm since 2015 · 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.
- 12 meter F/V imeshi duwa, white and blue hull, disabled and adrift in 02-15.00S 080-23.00E at 250530Z may2022-05-25
- F/V gihan II disabled and adrift in 01-37N 080-07E at 220700Z nov2021-11-22
- Derelict F/V jakob putha adrift in vicinity 02-13S 078-17E at 161115Z oct2021-10-22
- Derelict F/V WOSHINI1 adrift in vicinity 00-13N 077-25E at 090330Z may2019-05-09
- F/V dimosh putha adrift in 01-37N 078-04E at 041130Z may2019-05-04
- Derelict F/V NIKELA01 adrift in vicinity 00-40N 079-22E at 130330Z mar 192019-03-13
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 04:33Z; 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.