Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 43-22N 009-59W at 300850Z mar 20
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1149/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-30 19:22Z
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 111/20 300947Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-30 10:31Z. 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 43.367, -9.983. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1149/20 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2020-03-30 10:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-04-02 10:31Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 111/20 300947Z MAR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 43.367, -9.983
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. SPAIN. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT S/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 43-22N 009-59W AT 300850Z MAR 20. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021031Z APR 20.
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.
- 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
74 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 S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 42-30.00N 013-36.00W at 241040Z sep2023-09-24
- Derelict ten meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 44-52.00N 007-11.00W at 061030Z oct2022-10-06
- Derelict ten meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 45-08.00N 007-32.00W at 050800Z oct2022-10-05
- Derelict 14 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 45-37N 009-27W at 171740Z sep2020-09-17
- Derelict 15 meter S/V, grey hull, adrift in vicinity 45-46.8N 008-12.1W at 200830Z aug2020-08-20
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 45-31.7N 008-48.7W at 121845Z jul 202020-07-12
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 2026-09-24 22:22Z; 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.