Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 12-12.9S 139-27.2E at 172200Z dec
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 4193/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-12-21 10:14Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 133/19 172219Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-18 10:14Z. 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 -12.215, 139.453. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2019-12-18 10:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-12-21 10:14Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 133/19 172219Z DEC 19.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -12.215, 139.453
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF CARPENTARIA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT F/V PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 12-12.9S 139-27.2E AT 172200Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211014Z DEC 19.
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.
- 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
48 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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 ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z aug2026-08-03
- 25 meter derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 10-23.00S 140-40.00E at 270937Z feb2023-02-27
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 11-06.19S 140-19.18E at 220335Z jan2023-01-22
- Five meter vessel adrift in vicinity 10-50.00S 138-53.00E at 010701Z nov2022-11-01
- 20 meter F/V, orange hull, adrift in vicinity 10-11.30S 138-32.01E at 140730Z sep2022-09-14
- Derelict eight meter raft adrift in 10-11.8S 141-36.7E at 250348Z mar2022-03-25
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 21:48Z; 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.