Derelicts

F/V sg 7250 ts and F/V sg 7682 ts disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 07-18N 104-04E on 19 dec

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 4469/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-12-21 09:35Z

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) · MRCC VIETNAM 190709Z DEC 17.. Issued 2017-12-19 09:15Z. 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 7.300, 104.067. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2017-12-19 09:15Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC VIETNAM 190709Z DEC 17.
issued by
MRCC VIETNAM
sea
South China Sea
position
7.300, 104.067
vessel
F/V SG · 5 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
VIETNAM.
DNC 03, DNC 11.
F/V SG 7250 TS AND F/V SG 7682 TS DISABLED AND
ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 07-18N 104-04E
ON 19 DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO
KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615,
E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
GMDSS
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

13 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:19Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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