Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 03-20.9N 105-08.0E at 250047Z dec
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3995/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-28 08:40Z
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) · SPOCC 250509Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-25 08:41Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 3.348, 105.133. 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 South China Sea →
- issued
- 2013-12-25 08:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-12-28 08:40Z
- authority
- SPOCC 250509Z DEC 13.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 3.348, 105.133
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. 1. DERELICT VESSEL, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 03-20.9N 105-08.0E AT 250047Z DEC. REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, PHONE: 656 226 5539, FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280840Z DEC 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
33 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.
- M/V golden maple disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 02-01.00N 105-13.60E at 091457Z sep2023-09-10
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 01-25.70N 104-26.40E at 301105Z jul2022-07-31
- Derelict F/V emj-tujuh round aground in 06-08-04N 104-03-42E2021-08-16
- Derelict vessels shahraz and samudra sakti aground in 01-11.25N 103-52.85E at 101950Z may2020-05-10
- Derelict vessel mysthic adrift on fire in 03-04N 105-02E at 240400Z mar2019-03-24
- Derelict 53 foot M/V adrift in 02-45N 108-00E at 231200Z may2018-05-23
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 2026-10-01 16:58Z; 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.