Derelict eight meter S/V varuna, light brown hull, adrift in vicinity 38-09.8N 018-44.3W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2599/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-08-28 14:14Z
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 305/17 251406Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-25 14:14Z. 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 38.163, -18.738. 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
- 2017-08-25 14:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-08-28 14:14Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 305/17 251406Z AUG 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 38.163, -18.738
- vessel
- S/V VARUNA · 3 messages
- 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 EIGHT METER S/V VARUNA, LIGHT BROWN HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 38-09.8N 018-44.3W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281414Z AUG 17.
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
14 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 josephine, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 36-27N 020-49W at 040142Z aug2020-08-04
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 36-28N 017-11W at 191500Z nov2018-11-26
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity of 36-28.6N 017-11.1W at 19500Z nov2018-11-19
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity of 36-30.4N 019-01.7W at 152330Z nov2018-11-16
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 40-09N 018-59W at 301654Z jul2018-07-30
- Derelict ten meter S/V adrift in vicinity 39-02N 022-01W2018-07-25
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 2026-10-02 05:35Z; 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.