Eight derelict nine meter vessels adrift in vicinity 42-04.7N 009-47.2W at 141125Z jan
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 133/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-01-17 17:35Z
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 15/20 141613Z JAN 20.. Issued 2020-01-14 17:35Z. 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 42.078, -9.787. 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
- Eight derelict nine meter vessels adrift in vicinity 41-59N 009-48W at 140640Z jancancelled by this 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 121/202020-01-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 133/20 · this notice2020-01-14 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2020-01-14 17:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-01-17 17:35Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 15/20 141613Z JAN 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 42.078, -9.787
- 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. EIGHT DERELICT NINE METER VESSELS ADRIFT IN VICINITY 42-04.7N 009-47.2W AT 141125Z JAN. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 121/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 171735Z JAN 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.
- 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
43 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 S/V adrift in vicinity 43-22N 009-59W at 300850Z mar 202020-03-30
- Eight derelict nine meter vessels adrift in vicinity 41-59N 009-48W at 140640Z jan2020-01-14
- Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 41-36N 010-51W at 131417Z apr2019-04-13
- Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 41-20N 010-57W at 111440Z apr2019-04-11
- Derelict 13 meter S/V stolvezen, white hull, adrift in 44-10.27N 007-26.08W at 102140Z feb2018-02-11
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 2026-10-02 07:16Z; 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.