Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift in vicinity 44-02N 022-06W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2523/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-08-08 16:52Z
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 II 320/18 051652Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-05 16:52Z. 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 44.033, -22.100. 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
- 2018-08-05 16:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-08-08 16:52Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 320/18 051652Z AUG 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 44.033, -22.100
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT 11 METER S/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 44-02N 022-06W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081652Z AUG 18.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
13 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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 100 meter barge adrift in vicinity 44-53.00N 020-50.00W at 141830Z may2023-05-14
- Derelict 100 meter barge adrift in vicinity 44-53.00N 020-50.00W at 141830Z may2023-05-14
- Derelict 50 meter vessel, black hull, adrift in vicinity 45-18.60N 021-49.30W at 091015Z may2023-05-09
- Derelict M/V arruno adrift in vicinity 43-23.3N 020-56.3W at 021030Z nov2021-11-02
- Derelict 11 meter S/V ster van isi, white hull, adrift in vicinity 43-55.2N 021-22.8W at 102039Z aug2018-08-11
- Derelict 18 meter S/V adrift vicinity 46-02.28N 022-51.70W at 230400Z dec2015-12-23
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
- Missile firing from 00H00 to 11H00 UTC daily from 04 to 21 oct 2026Missiles · 101.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:18Z; 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.