Derelicts

Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift vicinity 29-08.8N 049-11.2E at 040615Z apr

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 602/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-04-12 00:00Z

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) · MENAS BAHRAIN 24, 25/03 050000Z APR 03. Issued 2003-04-05 08:50Z. 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
Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 29.147, 49.187. 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

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 534/032003-03-25 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 580/032003-03-31 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 602/03 · this notice2003-04-05 · Archived notice
Compare all 3 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Persian Gulf →

issued
2003-04-05 08:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MENAS BAHRAIN 24, 25/03 050000Z APR 03
issued by
MENAS
sea
Persian Gulf
position
29.147, 49.187
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. DERELICT VESSEL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT
   VICINITY 29-08.8N 049-11.2E AT 040615Z APR.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 580/03.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 12 APR.

Reading this warning

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
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

19 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:37Z; 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.