Derelicts

Derelict ten meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 14-39.00N 019-18.00W at 021800Z oct

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2233/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-10-05 18:41Z

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 II 272/23 021838Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-02 18:48Z. 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: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 14.650, -19.300. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2023-10-02 18:48Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-10-05 18:41Z
authority: NAVAREA II 272/23 021838Z OCT 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 14.650, -19.300
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 01.
1. DERELICT TEN METER VESSEL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND
   ADRIFT IN VICINITY 14-39.00N 019-18.00W AT 021800Z OCT.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051841Z OCT 23.

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.
Semi-submerged: Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

27 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.

Vessel adrift2026-08-30
Derelict vessel adrift in 15-54.09N 016-34.57W2026-08-30
Two derelict canoes adrift at 301230Z sep in vicinity: a. 15-25.00N 018-25.00W2023-09-30
Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 16-08.00N 018-23.00W at 061030Z sep2023-09-06
Derelict 20 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 15-35.00N 018-23.00W at 051238Z sep2023-09-05
Derelict 20 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 15-53.00N 018-16.00W at 032020Z sep2023-09-04

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

Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 110.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 07:26Z; 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.