Vessel adrift vicinity 46-10.49N 002-41.80W at 310001Z jan
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 251/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-02-04 10:33Z
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) · MRCC ETEL 310034Z JAN 12. Issued 2012-01-31 03:27Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 46.175, -2.697. 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 Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2012-01-31 03:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ETEL 310034Z JAN 12
- issued by
- MRCC ETEL
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 46.175, -2.697
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 46-10.49N 002-41.80W AT 310001Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ETEL, TELEX: 42950519, PHONE: 33 297 55 35 35, FAX: 33 297 55 49 34, E-MAIL: ETEL@MRCCFR.EU.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
99 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 six meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 46-29.47N 002-34.03W at 031900Z mar2024-03-31
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana adrift in 47-30.00N 006-22.00W at 271700Z dec2023-12-28
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 47-25.19N 006-30.10W2023-12-27
- Derelict S/V hui-lon, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 46-33.50N 004-43.40W at 220244Z sep2023-09-22
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 46-22.00N 006-40.00W at 201150Z sep2023-09-21
- Derelict three meter raft adrift in vicinity 45-37.48N 002-16.34W2023-02-13
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 15:36Z; 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.