20 foot vessel irma milagros-v, white and green hull, adrift in vicinity 17-48.60N 071-09.56W at 152030Z aug
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 1813/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-09-08 16:11Z
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) · RSC SAN JUAN 0/23 160831Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-16 09:25Z. 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 17.810, -71.159. 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
- 2023-08-16 09:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RSC SAN JUAN 0/23 160831Z AUG 23.
- issued by
- RSC SAN JUAN
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 17.810, -71.159
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. DNC 14. 20 FOOT VESSEL IRMA MILAGROS-V, WHITE AND GREEN HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 17-48.60N 071-09.56W AT 152030Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RSC SAN JUAN, PHONE: 787 289 2041, E-MAIL: SSJCC@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
18 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 vessel partially submerged and adrift in 15-29.35N 070-23.47W at 080208Z aug2023-08-09
- Derelict 30 foot S/V adrift in 14-54.30N 071-12.50W at 100200Z jan2023-01-10
- Derelict S/V rapscallion adrift in 16-27.00N 072-54.20W at 011417Z jul2022-07-02
- Derelict 32 foot vessel adrift in 14-52.25N 071-44.16W at 212233Z mar2022-03-22
- Vessel reality disabled and adrift in vicinity 20-26N 072-17W2018-08-24
- Vessel don juan de dios disabled and adrift2018-02-07
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
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlitNav aids · 83.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 14:44Z; 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.