Buoy with 2000 meter long moorings adrift in 57-49N 011-23W at 250735Z jul
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1641/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-08-01 00:00Z
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) · WZ 1174/02 250841Z JUL 02; WZ 1175/02 250943Z JUL 02. Issued 2002-07-25 13:45Z. 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 57.817, -11.383. 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
- Buoy with 2000 meter long moorings adrift in 57-36N 011-24W at 240610Z julcancelled by this notice
- Pladda light 55-25.5N 005-07.2W unlitcancelled 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 1323/022002-06-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1353/022002-06-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1362/022002-06-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1368/022002-06-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1385/022002-06-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1398/022002-06-24 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2002-07-25 13:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1174/02 250841Z JUL 02; WZ 1175/02 250943Z JUL 02
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 57.817, -11.383
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. BUOY WITH 2000 METER LONG MOORINGS ADRIFT IN 57-49N 011-23W AT 250735Z JUL. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1636/02(35,36), AID RESTORED. 3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1634/02. 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 AUG.
Reading this warning
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- 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 · drifting objects
39 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.
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-24N 011-47W2020-03-11
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-24.4N 011-46.4W at 100800Z mar2020-03-10
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-23.8N 011-47.1W at 020700Z mar2020-03-02
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 55-30.0N 012-06.6W at 271400Z feb2020-02-27
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in vicinity 54-55.2N 012-41.4W at 130800Z dec2017-12-13
- Odas buoy K4 adrift in 55-03.0N 012-06.0W at 080800Z dec2017-12-08
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
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:09Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.