Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in 16-37.2S 149-33.8E at 200136Z feb
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 479/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-02-21 09:23Z
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) · AUSSAR 8159/12 200224Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-20 02:51Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -16.620, 149.563. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 479/12 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2012-02-20 02:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-02-23 02:50Z
- authority
- AUSSAR 8159/12 200224Z FEB 12.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -16.620, 149.563
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. 1. DERELICT 11 METER S/V ADRIFT IN 16-37.2S 149-33.8E AT 200136Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 230250Z FEB.
Reading this warning
- 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
12 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 12 meter vessel kerida adrift in vicinity 18-07.93S 147-16.00E at 141922Z sep 20232023-09-14
- Derelict 12 meter vessel kerida adrift in vicinity 18-06.50S 147-12.93E at 131350Z sep2023-09-13
- Derelict seven meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 18-42.3S 147-25.0E at 300100Z jan2013-01-30
- Derelict seven meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 18-31.59S 147-25.45E at 282345Z jan2013-01-29
- Derelict 11 meter vessel, white hull, adrift in 17-37.42S 147-32.20E at 270035Z feb2012-02-27
- Derelict 11 meter S/V, white hull, adrift in 17-49.27S 150-47.88E at 310405Z jan2012-01-31
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 02:08Z; 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.