Derelict nine meter yacht adrift in 43-54N 008-35E at 122050Z aug
Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 1690/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-08-14 01:40Z
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) · MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 498/99 122050Z AUG 99. Issued 1999-08-12 19:46Z. 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
- Ligurian Sea. The parsed report position is 43.900, 8.583. 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
- Vergoyer north buoy 50-40N 001-22E light and RACON unreliablecancelled by this notice
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V jean charcot along trackline between 49-55N…later cancellation notice
- issued
- 1999-08-12 19:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 498/99 122050Z AUG 99
- issued by
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA
- sea
- Ligurian Sea
- position
- 43.900, 8.583
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT NINE METER YACHT ADRIFT IN 43-54N 008-35E AT 122050Z AUG. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1556/99(37), AID RESTORED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 19 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.
- 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 · derelict & adrift vessels
10 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 13 meter S/V odysseus spirit adrift in 42-48.5N 007-16.3E at 271016Z feb2020-02-28
- Derelict 13 meter S/V odysseus spirit adrift in 42-24N 005-51E2020-02-26
- Derelict M/V lira adrift in vicinity 41-14.5N 010-07.4E at 190500Z dec2019-12-19
- Derelict six meter vessel, orange hull, adrift in vicinity 41-35.3N 007-47.4E at 291233Z aug2017-08-30
- Derelict nine meter S/V seychelles 3, white hull, adrift in 41-53.1N 005-55.3E2013-12-20
- Derelict 24 meter M/V giga adrift in 41-15.5N 010-00.0E2004-08-16
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 2026-10-02 09:36Z; 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.