Two S/V disabled and adrift at 042000Z dec in: a. 37-58N 017-48E
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 2050/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-12-10 10:16Z
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 ROME 042323Z DEC 11.. Issued 2011-12-04 23:57Z. 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
- Ionian Sea. The parsed report position is 37.925, 17.683. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2011-12-04 23:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME 042323Z DEC 11.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 37.925, 17.683
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
IONIAN SEA. TWO S/V DISABLED AND ADRIFT AT 042000Z DEC IN: A. 37-58N 017-48E. B. 37-53N 017-34E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, INMARSAT: 424744220, PHONE: 3 906 5908 4527 OR 3 906 5908 4409, FAX: 3 906 592 2737 OR 3 906 5908 4793, E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.
Reading this warning
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
50 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 S/V adrift in vicinity 37-31.00N 017-49.00E at 181905Z sep2023-09-19
- Derelict S/V, white hull, reported adrift in vicinity 38-12.00N 019-17.90E at 110630Z jun2022-06-11
- Derelict vessel serenity adrift in vicinity 36-57-55N 018-57-55E at 191245Z may2022-05-23
- Derelict 30 meter F/V, blue hull, partially submerged and adrift in 38-48.3N 017-30.7E2016-09-08
- Derelict tug ursa major adrift in 38-34N 015-39E2016-06-19
- Derelict F/V adrift in 36-59N 016-39E at 301900Z mar2016-03-30
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 08:18Z; 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.