Derelict vessel adrift in 23-15-17S 166-51-57E
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 927/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-06-06 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) · MRCC NOUMEA 300029Z MAY 04. Issued 2004-05-30 01:21Z. 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 -23.255, 166.866. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2004-05-30 01:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC NOUMEA 300029Z MAY 04
- issued by
- MRCC NOUMEA
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -23.255, 166.866
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 23-15-17S 166-51-57E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 06 JUN.
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.
- 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
23 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 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
- Derelict vessel aground in 22-02.2S 168-38.5E2018-10-31
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.