Derelict ten meter M/V sandshoe, white hull, adrift vicinity 41-36.8S 149-26.8E at 070630Z apr
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 996/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-04-11 00:01Z
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 34/12 071318Z APR 12.. Issued 2012-04-08 00:03Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -41.613, 149.447. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-04-08 00:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-04-11 00:01Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 34/12 071318Z APR 12.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -41.613, 149.447
- vessel
- M/V SANDSHOE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. TASMAN SEA. 1. DERELICT TEN METER M/V SANDSHOE, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 41-36.8S 149-26.8E AT 070630Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110001Z APR.
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.
- 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
17 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 11 meter M/V yacht DDU2 anchored in 40-40.43S 147-55.68E at 072240Z dec2018-12-07
- Derelict ten meter vessel, blue hull, adrift in 38-38.12S 149-00.09E at 150520Z aug2018-08-15
- Derelict 55 foot vessel, red and black hull, adrift in vicinity 39-08.5S 149-57.4E at 150550Z jan2018-01-15
- Derelict 10.4 meter S/V singapore girl adrift vicinity 41-15.6S 149-03.6E at 080250Z nov2016-11-08
- Derelict eight meter S/V, white hull, dismasted and adrift vicinity 39-06.8S 150-36.1E at 190530Z apr2013-04-19
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 21:41Z; 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.