Derelict seven meter vessel adrift in 39-13.3N 162-24.2E at 041309Z may
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 804/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-05-11 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) · NAVAREA XI 212/04 041553Z MAY 04; JAPAN COAST GUARD POR EGC# 099 041350Z MAY 04. Issued 2004-05-04 16:55Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 39.222, 162.403. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2004-05-04 16:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 212/04 041553Z MAY 04; JAPAN COAST GUARD POR EGC# 099 041350Z MAY 04
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 39.222, 162.403
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT SEVEN METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN 39-13.3N 162-24.2E AT 041309Z MAY. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 798/04, PERSON RESCUED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 11 MAY.
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.
- 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
5 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.
- Derelict 72 meter F/V hua seeng adrift in vicinity 40-09.1N 163-07.3E at 190600Z aug2019-08-19
- Derelict 71 meter F/V xin shi ji 1, partially submerged and adrift in 41-38N 160-10E at 150423Z sep2017-09-15
- Derelict F/V funakoshi maru no2011-08-20
- Derelict 10 meter F/V fukushin maru, white hull, adrift in 38-31.0N 161-13.3E at 022150Z aug2011-08-03
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 04:33Z; 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.