Derelicts

12 meter vessel adrift vicinity 35-07.8N 014-36.6E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2740/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-12-17 10:40Z

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 III 619/02 130759Z DEC 02; MARISARDEGNA 151/02 130730Z DEC 02. Issued 2002-12-13 10:40Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 35.130, 14.610. 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

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issued
2002-12-13 10:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 619/02 130759Z DEC 02; MARISARDEGNA 151/02 130730Z DEC 02
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
35.130, 14.610
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. 12 METER VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 35-07.8N 014-36.6E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2480/02, AID RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 DEC.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

190 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:35Z; 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.