15 meter vessel scapa, disabled and adrift in vicinity 42-29.00N 004-51.00E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1326/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-30 16:41Z
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) · MRCC LA GARDE 0/23 150411Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-15 04:14Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 42.483, 4.850. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2023-06-15 04:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC LA GARDE 0/23 150411Z JUN 23.
- issued by
- MRCC LA GARDE
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 42.483, 4.850
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. FRANCE. DNC 08. 15 METER VESSEL SCAPA, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 42-29.00N 004-51.00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC LA GARDE, TELEX: 430024, PHONE: 334 9461 1616, FAX: 334 9427 1149, E-MAIL: LAGARDE@MRCCFR.EU.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
23 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 vessel adrift in vicinity 41-13.37N 004-12.47E at 070700Z feb2023-02-07
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 41-22.63N 004-46.01E at 050908Z jul2021-07-05
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 41-26.75N 004-30.75E at 041200Z jul2021-07-04
- Derelict 13 meter S/V odysseus spirit adrift in 42-48.5N 007-16.3E at 271016Z feb2020-02-28
- Derelict 13 meter S/V odysseus spirit adrift in 42-24N 005-51E2020-02-26
- Ten meter derelict vessel adrift in 41-45.85N 005-14.67E at 011223Z apr2019-04-02
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 00:43Z; 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.