Derelict F/V, red hull, adrift in 34-08.6N 021-04.1E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2118/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-09-05 04:09Z
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 020323Z SEP 14.. Issued 2014-09-02 04:05Z. 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 34.143, 21.068. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2014-09-02 04:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-09-05 04:09Z
- authority
- MRCC ROME 020323Z SEP 14.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.143, 21.068
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. 1. DERELICT F/V, RED HULL, ADRIFT IN 34-08.6N 021-04.1E. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, INMARSAT-C: 424744220, PHONE: 39 065 908 4527, 39 065 908 4409, FAX: 390 6592 2737, 3906 5908 4793, E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 050409Z SEP 14.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
25 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.
- M/V angelo 1 disabled and adrift in 32-48.00N 018-00.00E at 091030Z feb2023-02-09
- Vessel disabled and adrift in vicinity 34-13.00N 018-54.00E at 292110Z jul2022-07-29
- Derelict vessel slough adrift in vicinity 32-15N 019-54E at 220530Z dec2021-12-22
- Derelict vessel slough adrift in vicinity 32-38N 018-39E at 170400Z dec2021-12-17
- Derelict vessel slough adrift in vicinity 32-15N 018-50E at 160900Z dec2021-12-16
- Derelict vessel slough adrift in vicinity 32-04.0N 019-13.7E at 141600Z dec2021-12-16
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 2026-10-02 21:53Z; 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.