M/V disabled and adrift vicinity 23-42N 075-17W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1954/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-09-01 10:21Z
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) · RCC MIAMI 242048Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-08-24 21:26Z. 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 23.700, -75.283. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-08-24 21:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 242048Z AUG 12.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.700, -75.283
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. BAHAMAS. LONG ISLAND. M/V DISABLED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 23-42N 075-17W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
12 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Rowboat adrift in vicinity 25-41.00N 072-55.00W2023-10-31
- Derelict 110 foot M/V supplier one adrift in 21-21.70N 074-42.70W2022-07-03
- Derelict M/V trois rivieres adrift in 21-00.9N 074-21.5W at 011748Z feb2017-02-01
- Tug manatee and barge disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 21-34.6N 075-24.8W2016-03-13
- 115 foot M/V camarina royale, disabled and adrift in 21-03.83N 074-16.33W2016-01-31
- Debris from sunken M/V el faro adrift within ten miles of: a. 23-29N 074-01W2015-10-06
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 03:02Z; 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.