Derelicts

Derelict vessel, brown hull, adrift vicinity 19-19.5N 069-24.2E at 220515Z feb

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 521/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-26 14:15Z

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) · NAVARA VIII 98/12 231003Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-23 14:13Z. 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
Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 19.325, 69.403. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued
2012-02-23 14:13Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-02-26 14:15Z
authority
NAVARA VIII 98/12 231003Z FEB 12.
issued by
NAVARA VIII
sea
Arabian Sea
position
19.325, 69.403
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIA-WEST COAST.
1. DERELICT VESSEL, BROWN HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY
   19-19.5N 069-24.2E AT 220515Z FEB.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261415Z 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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

31 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

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.