Derelict 14 meter S/V miwani adrift vicinity 46-08N 005-19W at 231700Z aug
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 1615/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-08-24 21:15Z
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 ETEL AOR-E EGC#260 231839Z AUG 03. Issued 2003-08-23 19:20Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 46.133, -5.317. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1615/03 and this msg, vessel in towlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2003-08-23 19:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ETEL AOR-E EGC#260 231839Z AUG 03
- issued by
- MRCC ETEL AOR-E
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 46.133, -5.317
- vessel
- S/V MIWANI
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 14 METER S/V MIWANI ADRIFT VICINITY 46-08N 005-19W AT 231700Z AUG. REPORTS TO MRCC ETEL, TELEX: 4295 0519, PHONE: 332 9755 3535, FAX: 332 9755 4934. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 30 AUG.
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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
194 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 six meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 46-29.47N 002-34.03W at 031900Z mar2024-03-31
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor dismasted and adrift in vicinity 48-55.56N 004-38.02W2024-01-13
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana adrift in 47-30.00N 006-22.00W at 271700Z dec2023-12-28
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 47-25.19N 006-30.10W2023-12-27
- Derelict S/V hui-lon, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 46-33.50N 004-43.40W at 220244Z sep2023-09-22
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 46-22.00N 006-40.00W at 201150Z sep2023-09-21
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
- Special operationsExercises · 119.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:47Z; 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.