Derelict 32 foot S/V blue marlin, blue and white hull, adrift in 16-45.6N 050-37.0W at 171431Z jan
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 155/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-01-21 01:49Z
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) · WEST INDIES - COASTAL 4/19 180118Z JAN 19.. Issued 2019-01-18 01:49Z. 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 16.760, -50.617. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2019-01-18 01:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-01-21 01:49Z
- authority
- WEST INDIES - COASTAL 4/19 180118Z JAN 19.
- issued by
- WEST INDIES - COASTAL
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 16.760, -50.617
- vessel
- S/V BLUE MARLIN · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. DNC 14. 1. DERELICT 32 FOOT S/V BLUE MARLIN, BLUE AND WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN 16-45.6N 050-37.0W AT 171431Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210149Z JAN 19.
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
6 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 eight meter vessel adrift in 16-57N 049-52W at 291700Z jan2021-02-02
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 16-57N 049-52W at 291700Z jan2021-02-01
- Derelict 15 meter S/V moflete, blue hull, adrift in 15-53N 048-09W at 051426Z feb2018-02-06
- Derelict 15 meter S/V moflete, blue hull, adrift in 15-53N 048-09W at 051426Z feb2018-02-06
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 16-21.2N 053-37.9W at 101945Z sep2006-09-10
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 2026-09-25 01:58Z; 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.