Derelict seven meter vessel adrift in vicinity 35-18N 011-38E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2090/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-08-14 13:02Z
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) · NAVAREA III 633/21 111252Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-11 13:02Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 35.300, 11.633. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2068/212021-08-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2090/21 · this notice2021-08-11 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2021-08-11 13:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-08-14 13:02Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 633/21 111252Z AUG 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 35.300, 11.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. TUNISIA. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT SEVEN METER VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 35-18N 011-38E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141302Z AUG 21.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
222 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 adrift in vicinity 36-11.50N 011-31.50E2022-06-01
- Derelict 15 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 35-12N 011-50E2021-08-09
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 34-57N 011-49E2021-05-07
- Derelict F/V adrift in vicinity 33-58N 011-35E on 30 mar2021-03-30
- Derelict 12 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 37-22N 012-40E2021-02-26
- Numerous derelict fishing vessels adrift in area bound by 36-08.2N 011-40.6E, 36-33.0N 011-07.0E, 34-25.0N…2021-02-26
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 23:31Z; 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.