Derelict vessels adrift at 141520Z nov vicinity: a. 42-21.0N 013-40.0W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2504/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-11-15 17:35Z
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 I 407/02 141600Z NOV 02; NAVAREA II 408/02 141605Z NOV 02. Issued 2002-11-14 17:07Z. 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 42.548, -12.272. 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
- S/V rexona men, capsized vicinity 46-03N 009-54Wcancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received from vessel fujifilm, one person on board, vicinity 42-16.6N 014-04.0Wcancelled by this notice
- Derelict vessels adrift at 151300Z nov vicinity: a. 45-54.8N 008-52.3Wlater cancellation 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 2504/02 · this notice2002-11-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2513/022002-11-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2515/022002-11-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2517/022002-11-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2523/022002-11-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2535/022002-11-17 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2002-11-14 17:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA I 407/02 141600Z NOV 02; NAVAREA II 408/02 141605Z NOV 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 42.548, -12.272
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSELS ADRIFT AT 141520Z NOV VICINITY: A. 42-21.0N 013-40.0W. B. 42-28.3N 013-15.2W. C. 42-49.4N 009-53.7W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2494/02 AND 2501/02. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
42 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 S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 42-30.00N 013-36.00W at 241040Z sep2023-09-24
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 42-00N 014-14W at 201040Z apr2022-04-20
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 43-22N 009-59W at 300850Z mar 202020-03-30
- Eight derelict nine meter vessels adrift in vicinity 42-04.7N 009-47.2W at 141125Z jan2020-01-14
- Eight derelict nine meter vessels adrift in vicinity 41-59N 009-48W at 140640Z jan2020-01-14
- Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 41-36N 010-51W at 131417Z apr2019-04-13
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 10:35Z; 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.