Derelicts

S/V, white hull, dismasted and adrift in 22-08.1S 168-02.6E

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 62/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-01-09 06:52Z

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 NOUMEA 1/18 060618Z JAN 18.. Issued 2018-01-06 06:52Z. 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 -22.135, 168.043. 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 Coral Sea →

issued: 2018-01-06 06:52Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-01-09 06:52Z
authority: MRCC NOUMEA 1/18 060618Z JAN 18.
issued by: MRCC NOUMEA
sea: Coral Sea
position: -22.135, 168.043
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
CORAL SEA.
NEW CALEDONIA.
DNC 06.
1. S/V, WHITE HULL, DISMASTED AND ADRIFT IN
   22-08.1S 168-02.6E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090652Z JAN 18.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

25 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.

Six meter derelict vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 20-21.50S 169-49.90E at 210715Z dec2022-12-21
Derelict vessel aground in 22-02.2S 168-38.5E2019-10-31
Derelict vessel aground in 22-02.2S 168-38.5E2019-08-30
Derelict vessel aground in 22-02.2S 168-38.5E2019-06-02
Derelict vessel aground in 22-02.2S 168-38.5E2019-02-28
Derelict vessel aground in 22-02.2S 168-38.5E2018-12-31

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 05:40Z; 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.