Derelict S/V emanta adrift vicinity 46-02.0N 005-32.7W at 262127Z apr
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 1048/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-04-29 23:40Z
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 II 106/13 262240Z APR 13.. Issued 2013-04-26 23:39Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 46.033, -5.545. 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
- S/V emanta, one person on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 46-03N 005-27Wcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2013-04-26 23:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-04-29 23:40Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 106/13 262240Z APR 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 46.033, -5.545
- vessel
- S/V EMANTA · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. BAY OF BISCAY. 1. DERELICT S/V EMANTA ADRIFT VICINITY 46-02.0N 005-32.7W AT 262127Z APR. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1045/13. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 292340Z APR 13.
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.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean 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
199 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 46-29.47N 002-34.03W at 031900Z mar2024-03-31
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor dismasted and adrift in vicinity 48-55.56N 004-38.02W2024-01-13
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana adrift in 47-30.00N 006-22.00W at 271700Z dec2023-12-28
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 47-25.19N 006-30.10W2023-12-27
- Derelict S/V hui-lon, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 46-33.50N 004-43.40W at 220244Z sep2023-09-22
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 46-22.00N 006-40.00W at 201150Z sep2023-09-21
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
- Special operationsExercises · 116.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:40Z; 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.