Derelict five meter vessel adrift in vicinity 10-45.63S 128-29.11E at 150301Z mar
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 862/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-18 05:17Z
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 35/20 150505Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-15 05:17Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -10.761, 128.485. 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
- Derelict five meter vessel adrift in vicinity 10-53.36S 128-14.13E at 140246Z marcancelled by this notice
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.
- HYDROPAC 759/202020-03-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 853/202020-03-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 862/20 · this notice2020-03-15 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-03-15 05:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-03-18 05:17Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 35/20 150505Z MAR 20.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -10.761, 128.485
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. DNC 04. 1. DERELICT FIVE METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 10-45.63S 128-29.11E AT 150301Z MAR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 853/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 180517Z MAR 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
79 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 six meter vessel, partially submerged in 12-01.60S 130-03.71E at 100153Z nov2023-11-10
- Derelict seven meter vessel unlit and adrift in vicinity 12-05.80S 126-13.55E at 080452Z jul2022-07-08
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in 11-44.4S 125-42.1E at 070800Z sep2021-09-07
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in 11-38.4S 126-13.0E at 060830Z sep 212021-09-06
- Derelict 30 meter vessel adrift in 09-25.0S 130-58.4E at 300030Z dec2020-12-30
- Derelict 30 meter vessel adrift in 09-16.9S 130-19.0E at 280043Z dec2020-12-28
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 2026-10-01 17:54Z; 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.