Derelict lifeboat adrift in 26-15.32N 063-02.46W at 291100Z jul
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2316/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-08-01 17:31Z
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) · US COAST GUARD 291617Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-29 17:31Z. 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 26.255, -63.041. 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
- 2019-07-29 17:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-08-01 17:31Z
- authority
- US COAST GUARD 291617Z JUL 19.
- issued by
- US COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 26.255, -63.041
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 16. 1. DERELICT LIFEBOAT ADRIFT IN 26-15.32N 063-02.46W AT 291100Z JUL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 011731Z AUG 19.
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
5 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 33 foot S/V pollux, white hull, adrift in 24-57.2N 064-56.7W on 23 nov2011-11-23
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift vicinity 27-00.1N 063-26.6W at 161950Z aug2009-08-17
- Derelict 42 foot S/V sara wht adrift in 28-40.2N 062-08.4W at 171600Z feb2009-02-28
- Derelict 12 meter S/V sophia, white and blue hull, adrift vicinity 25-25.3N 065-16.2W on 22 dec2000-12-25
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 10:11Z; 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.