Derelict M/V zenith on fire and adrift in 45-12N 012-40E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1545/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-06-28 05:00Z
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) · MRCC ROME 250436Z JUN 13.. Issued 2013-06-25 05:03Z. 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
- Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 45.200, 12.667. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2013-06-25 05:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-06-28 05:00Z
- authority
- MRCC ROME 250436Z JUN 13.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 45.200, 12.667
- vessel
- M/V ZENITH
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA. 1. DERELICT M/V ZENITH ON FIRE AND ADRIFT IN 45-12N 012-40E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280500Z JUN 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 M/V nazo-s on fire and adrift in 43-15-33N 014-46-59E2013-06-23
- Derelict M/V nazo-s on fire and adrift in 43-27N 014-28E2013-06-21
- Derelict 12.5 meter S/V lady dafny, white hull, adrift in 44-22N 013-46E at 071220Z dec2001-12-08
- Derelict 30 meter vessel adrift vicinity 43-06.3N 010-29.5E2001-04-28
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 43-46.1N 009-58.8E2001-04-03
- 31 meter M/V nautika 64, green hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 43-37.7N 014-18.7E2001-01-08
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 07:30Z; 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.