Derelict 100 meter barge adrift in vicinity 44-53.00N 020-50.00W at 141830Z may
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1065/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-05-15 14:48Z
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 136/23 141955Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-14 21:33Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 44.883, -20.833. 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
- 100 meters long platform adrift in vicinity 45-06.00N 021-06.00W at 131050Z maycancelled by this notice
- Derelict 100 meter barge adrift in vicinity 44-53.00N 020-50.00W at 141830Z maycancelled by this notice
- 100 meter pontoon, black hull, adrift in vicinity 44-53.00N 020-50.00W at 141830Z maylater cancellation 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.
- HYDROLANT 1064/232023-05-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1065/23 · this notice2023-05-14 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-05-14 21:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-05-17 20:18Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 136/23 141955Z MAY 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 44.883, -20.833
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT 100 METER BARGE ADRIFT IN VICINITY 44-53.00N 020-50.00W AT 141830Z MAY. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1054/23 AND 1064/23. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 172018Z MAY 23.
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.
- 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
16 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 100 meter barge adrift in vicinity 44-53.00N 020-50.00W at 141830Z may2023-05-14
- Derelict 50 meter vessel, black hull, adrift in vicinity 45-18.60N 021-49.30W at 091015Z may2023-05-09
- Derelict M/V arruno adrift in vicinity 43-23.3N 020-56.3W at 021030Z nov2021-11-02
- Derelict 11 meter S/V ster van isi, white hull, adrift in vicinity 43-55.2N 021-22.8W at 102039Z aug2018-08-11
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in vicinity 44-02N 022-06W2018-08-05
- Derelict 18 meter S/V adrift vicinity 46-02.28N 022-51.70W at 230400Z dec2015-12-23
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
- Missile firing from 00H00 to 11H00 UTC daily from 04 to 21 oct 2026Missiles · 41.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:18Z; 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.