Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 34-17.4N 023-47.9E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2166/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-01-04 00:00Z
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) · USS BAINBRIDGE E-MAIL 28 DEC 07.. Issued 2007-12-28 14:42Z. 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 34.290, 23.798. 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
- 2007-12-28 14:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- USS BAINBRIDGE E-MAIL 28 DEC 07.
- issued by
- USS BAINBRIDGE E-MAIL
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.290, 23.798
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 34-17.4N 023-47.9E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 04 JAN 08.
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.
- 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
15 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 vessel partially submerged and adrift in 35-09N 022-03E at 141139Z feb2016-02-14
- Derelict 60 foot F/V, blue and white hull, adrift vicinity 34-39N 021-48E at 231300Z nov2014-11-24
- Derelict F/V, blue and white hull, adrift vicinity 34-35N 021-43E at 231000Z nov2014-11-23
- Derelict F/V, red hull, adrift in 34-08.6N 021-04.1E2014-09-02
- Derelict vessel, white hull, adrift in 33-59.4N 023-19.3E2014-09-01
- Derelict 14 meter vessel navigator star, white hull, adrift in 33-51N 023-25E2014-08-27
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 2026-10-03 11:26Z; 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.