Derelict 11 meter vessel, white hull, adrift in 17-37.42S 147-32.20E at 270035Z feb
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 555/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-03-01 03:15Z
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) · AUSSAR 756/12 270254Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-27 03:17Z. 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 -17.624, 147.537. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-02-27 03:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-03-01 03:15Z
- authority
- AUSSAR 756/12 270254Z FEB 12.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -17.624, 147.537
- 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 VESSEL, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN 17-37.42S 147-32.20E AT 270035Z FEB. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010315Z MAR.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- 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
29 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 10 meter S/V reef magic adrift in vicinity 16-37.10S 145-43.20E at 130330Z aug2023-08-13
- Derelict five meter M/V, yellow and white hull, adrift in 18-42.1S 146-53.8E at 040015Z jun2021-06-04
- Derelict five meter M/V, yellow and white hull, adrift in 18-45.77S 147-00.97E at 022140Z jun2021-06-02
- Derelict 11 meter vessel gypsy, partially submerged and adrift in 20-03.9S 148-33.4E2019-11-21
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 01:33Z; 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.