Derelict M/V ocean viking adrift vicinity 21-54N 018-31W at 282200Z jan
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 264/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-01-31 10:17Z
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 32/14 282251Z JAN 14.. Issued 2014-01-28 23:50Z. 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 21.900, -18.517. 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 M/V ocean viking adrift vicinity 22-07N 018-09W at 271100Z jancancelled by this notice
- Derelict M/V ocean viking adrift vicinity 21-00.1N 019-05.4W at 310600Z janlater 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 243/142014-01-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 249/142014-01-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 264/14 · this notice2014-01-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 290/142014-01-31 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-01-28 23:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-01-31 23:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 32/14 282251Z JAN 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 21.900, -18.517
- vessel
- M/V OCEAN VIKING · 8 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. WESTERN SAHARA. 1. DERELICT M/V OCEAN VIKING ADRIFT VICINITY 21-54N 018-31W AT 282200Z JAN. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 249/14. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 312359Z JAN 14.
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.
- 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
39 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 vessel adrift in vicinity 22-58.00N 017-42.00W at 290950Z dec2023-12-29
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 23-41.00N 017-13.00W at 030010Z aug2023-08-03
- Derelict 15 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 21-39.50N 018-01.30W at 010245Z jun2023-06-01
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 22-59.60N 019-35.10W at 201709Z dec2022-12-20
- Derelict S/V adrift in 21-13.00N 018-00.00W at 190015Z jun2022-06-19
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 24-21.7N 019-55.4W at 051500Z aug2021-08-05
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 06:07Z; 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.