Derelict vessel adrift in 38-08.4N 013-30.6E
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 2397/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-11-06 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) · MARISICILIA 414/02 291731Z OCT.. Issued 2002-10-30 01:35Z. 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
- Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 38.140, 13.510. 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 Tyrrhenian Sea →
- issued
- 2002-10-30 01:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARISICILIA 414/02 291731Z OCT.
- issued by
- MARISICILIA
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 38.140, 13.510
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 38-08.4N 013-30.6E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 06 NOV.
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
120 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 adrift in vicinity 36-11.50N 011-31.50E2022-06-01
- Derelict 12 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 37-22N 012-40E2021-02-26
- Derelict seven meter vessel, black hull, adrift in 35-17N 012-39E2021-02-22
- Derelict six meter vessel, white hull with green stripes, adrift in 35-25N 012-28E2021-02-18
- Derelict four meter vessel, black hull with red stripe, adrift in 36-43.8N 011-51.2E2021-02-17
- Derelict F/V adrift in 35-54.5N 011-53.5E2020-07-25
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 2026-10-01 22:07Z; 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.