Derelict 11 meter S/V clara, black hull, adrift in 45-09.59N 006-32.49W at 231326Z aug
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2160/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-08-26 18:26Z
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 231430Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-23 18:26Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 45.160, -6.542. 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 Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2016-08-23 18:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-08-26 18:26Z
- authority
- MRCC ETEL 231430Z AUG 16.
- issued by
- MRCC ETEL
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 45.160, -6.542
- vessel
- S/V CLARA · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. BAY OF BISCAY. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT 11 METER S/V CLARA, BLACK HULL, ADRIFT IN 45-09.59N 006-32.49W AT 231326Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261826Z AUG 16.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
177 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 150 meter M/V guana adrift in 47-30.00N 006-22.00W at 271700Z dec2023-12-28
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 47-25.19N 006-30.10W2023-12-27
- Derelict S/V hui-lon, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 46-33.50N 004-43.40W at 220244Z sep2023-09-22
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 46-22.00N 006-40.00W at 201150Z sep2023-09-21
- Derelict 32 meter F/V nuevo san juan adrift in area bound by 47-30.00N 006-45.00W, 47-30.00N 008-00.00W,…2023-07-07
- Derelict 31 meter, F/V nuevo san juan adrift in vicinity 47-46.00N 007-46.00W2023-07-05
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 11:13Z; 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.