Derelict vessel, grey hull, adrift in vicinity 50-25.0N 000-24.4E at 090830Z oct
English Channel · HYDROLANT 2502/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-12 09:20Z
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 1078/21 090855Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-09 09:20Z. 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 50.417, 0.407. 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
- Derelict vessel, grey hull, adrift in vicinity 50-31N 000-51E at 081930Z octcancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2372/212021-09-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2501/212021-10-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2502/21 · this notice2021-10-09 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2021-10-09 09:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-12 09:20Z
- authority
- WZ 1078/21 090855Z OCT 21.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 50.417, 0.407
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ENGLISH CHANNEL. FRANCE. DNC 20. 1. DERELICT VESSEL, GREY HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 50-25.0N 000-24.4E AT 090830Z OCT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2501/21. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 120920Z OCT 21.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- 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
69 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 01:53Z; 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.