Derelict 12 meter vessel showtime abandoned and adrift in 38-24.3S 148-16.3E at 232130Z feb
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 648/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-02-27 03:27Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 19/20 240130Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-24 03:27Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -38.405, 148.272. 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
- issued
- 2020-02-24 03:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-02-27 03:27Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 19/20 240130Z FEB 20.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -38.405, 148.272
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT 12 METER VESSEL SHOWTIME ABANDONED AND ADRIFT IN 38-24.3S 148-16.3E AT 232130Z FEB. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 641/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270327Z FEB 20.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
39 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 seven meter vessel avanator, white hull, unlit and anchored in 40-35.10S 148-05.90E at 120620Z apr2024-04-12
- Derelict F/V derwent venture adrift in 38-13.41S 149-33.49E at 070543Z jan2023-01-07
- Derelict 18 meter M/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 39-06S 145-48E at 160253Z dec2021-12-16
- Derelict S/V papillon adrift in vicinity 37-34.53S 150-49.47E at 280619Z jul2021-07-28
- Derelict S/V papillon adrift in vicinity 37-16.7S 150-57.6E at 271327Z jul2021-07-27
- Derelict S/V papillon adrift in vicinity 36-56.5S 151-04.1E at 261315Z jul2021-07-26
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:15Z; 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.