F/V frisby disabled and adrift in 45-22.26N 002-10.51W at 231421Z oct
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2050/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-10-24 05:06Z
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 231502Z OCT 09.. Issued 2009-10-23 17:44Z. 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 45.371, -2.175. 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
- Nga chart 24180 (15TH ed)cancelled by this notice
- Underwater operations 240700Z to 260700Z oct by M/V discovery in 27-52N 013-32Wlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2009-10-23 17:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ETEL 231502Z OCT 09.
- issued by
- MRCC ETEL
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 45.371, -2.175
- vessel
- F/V FRISBY
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. F/V FRISBY DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 45-22.26N 002-10.51W AT 231421Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ETEL, TELEX: 42950519, PHONE: 332 9755 3535, FAX: 332 9755 4934, E-MAIL: ETEL@MRCCFR.EU. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2033/09(24).
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
65 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 S/V hui-lon, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 46-33.50N 004-43.40W at 220244Z sep2023-09-22
- Derelict three meter raft adrift in vicinity 45-37.48N 002-16.34W2023-02-13
- Derelict vessel and fishing net adrift in 46-11.81N 001-58.20W2023-01-27
- Derelict eight meter S/V, red hull, adrift in 45-13.00N 003-32.00W at 261718Z sep2022-09-26
- Derelict eight meter S/V, red hull, adrift in vicinity 45-51.00N 004-41.00W at 251750Z sep2022-09-26
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 15:36Z; 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.