Derelict vessel adrift in 18-21.37N 063-11.59W
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 1595/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-07-01 14:09Z
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 FORT DE FRANCE 0/22 220013Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-22 00:24Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 18.356, -63.193. 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2022-06-22 00:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/22 220013Z JUN 22.
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.356, -63.193
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. ANGUILLA. DNC 16. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 18-21.37N 063-11.59W. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, INMARSAT-C: 422799024, TELEX: 42912008, PHONE: 5965 9670 9292, FAX: 5965 9663 2450, E-MAIL: ANTILLES@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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
65 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 10 meter vessel, blue hull, adrift in 17-45.93N 062-29.73W at 152118Z jan2024-01-16
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 18-09.61N 063-10.11W at 131351Z aug2023-08-13
- Derelict seven meter vessel, green hull, adrift in vicinity 16-05.30N 061-13.92W2023-07-21
- Derelict partially submerged vessel adrift in 18-01.50N 063-21.30W at 171021Z jul2023-07-17
- Derelict 11 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 17-33.48N 062-55.52W at 291725Z mar2023-03-29
- Kitts and nevis2023-03-29
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
- Anchoring prohibited until further notice in area bound by 18-13.60N 063-04.15W, 18-13.60N 063-04.70W,…Other · 10.4 nm
- Kitts and nevisSpills · 58.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 07:08Z; 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.