Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 50-27.5N 000-15.9E
English Channel · HYDROLANT 2253/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-08-16 08:40Z
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) · WZ 1705/01 141736Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-14 17:57Z. 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
- English Channel. The parsed report position is 50.458, 0.265. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2001-08-14 17:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1705/01 141736Z AUG 01
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 50.458, 0.265
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 50-27.5N 000-15.9E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 AUG.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
71 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 nine meter M/V nevermind adrift in vicinity 50-16.00N 003-06.00W at 122204Z mar2024-03-13
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 49-45.4N 000-44.4W at 072100Z apr2023-04-08
- Derelict S/V adrift in 52-06.00N 001-57.00E at 012100Z apr2023-04-01
- Derelict vessels adrift in area bound by 51-24.00N 000-59.00E, 51-24.00N 002-00.00E, 50-43.00N 002-00.00E,…2022-11-04
- Derelict ten meter S/V magic sun adrift in 49-40.15N 003-17.14W at 220828Z may2022-05-22
- S/V magic sun adrift in vicinity 49-31.81N 003-38.63W at 201956Z may2022-05-21
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 07:50Z; 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.