Lifeboat adrift vicinity 38-24.7N 015-10.4E
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 1099/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-05-20 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) · MARISICILIA 162/02 131805Z MAY 02. Issued 2002-05-13 17:57Z. 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
- Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 38.412, 15.173. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
- issued
- 2002-05-13 17:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARISICILIA 162/02 131805Z MAY 02
- issued by
- MARISICILIA
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 38.412, 15.173
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. LIFEBOAT ADRIFT VICINITY 38-24.7N 015-10.4E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 MAY.
Reading this warning
- 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
58 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 S/V adrift in vicinity 37-31.00N 017-49.00E at 181905Z sep2023-09-19
- Derelict 12 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 37-22N 012-40E2021-02-26
- Derelict 20 meter vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 38-36N 011-28E2017-09-20
- Derelict 30 meter F/V, blue hull, partially submerged and adrift in 38-48.3N 017-30.7E2016-09-08
- Derelict tug ursa major adrift in 38-34N 015-39E2016-06-19
- Derelict F/V adrift in 36-59N 016-39E at 301900Z mar2016-03-30
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 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.