Derelict 34 foot S/V ekaterina adrift vicinity 35-34N 064-26W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2846/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-11-22 10:23Z
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) · RCC NORFOLK 190333Z NOV 15.. Issued 2015-11-19 10:23Z. 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 35.567, -64.433. 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
- S/V ekaterina reports crewman with leg injury requesting medical assistance in 35-32N 064-08W at 181945Z novcancelled by this 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 2846/15 · this notice2015-11-19 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 974/152015-11-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-11-19 10:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-11-22 10:23Z
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 190333Z NOV 15.
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 35.567, -64.433
- vessel
- S/V EKATERINA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 17. 1. DERELICT 34 FOOT S/V EKATERINA ADRIFT VICINITY 35-34N 064-26W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2840/15, PERSON RESCUED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 221023Z NOV 15.
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.
- 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.
- 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 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 35 foot S/V faule haut adrift in 34-27.00N 067-48.00W2022-06-28
- Derelict 42 foot S/V esmerelda, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in 34-49N 063-35W at 141400Z nov2020-11-14
- Derelict S/V ishmael adrift in vicinity 37-52.9N 064-49.0W2019-07-26
- Derelict 28 foot S/V spadefoot adrift in vicinity 35-15N 066-23W at 052141Z jun2017-06-05
- Derelict 34 foot S/V ekaterina adrift vicinity 35-34N 064-26W2015-11-19
- 13 meter S/V alien 1 disabled and adrift in 37-45.18N 066-19.16W2015-06-07
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 01:33Z; 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.