Derelict lifeboat adrift in 52-39.0N 005-30.9W at 271616Z nov
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel · HYDROLANT 2935/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-11-30 18:57Z
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) · WZ 1362/15 271835Z NOV 15.. Issued 2015-11-27 18:57Z. 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
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. The parsed report position is 52.650, -5.515. 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 Irish Sea and St. George's Channel →
- issued
- 2015-11-27 18:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-11-30 18:57Z
- authority
- WZ 1362/15 271835Z NOV 15.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
- position
- 52.650, -5.515
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
IRELAND-EAST COAST. SAINT GEORGES CHANNEL. DNC 19, DNC 20. 1. DERELICT LIFEBOAT ADRIFT IN 52-39.0N 005-30.9W AT 271616Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301857Z 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.
- 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.
- 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
38 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 nine meter M/V nevermind adrift in vicinity 50-16.00N 003-06.00W at 122204Z mar2024-03-13
- Derelict rowboat gb row endurance adrift in vicinity 55-26.00N 006-18.00W at 261845Z jun2022-06-26
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 50-32.0N 002-19.4W at 071850Z jul2021-07-07
- Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 50-20.09N 006-21.44W at 180715Z nov2019-11-18
- Derelict 26 foot M/V la santa de avila adrift in vicinity 50-11.8N 003-19.3W at 301940Z oct2019-10-30
- Derelict 12 meter F/V peace n plenty on fire and adrift in vicinity 50-08.31N 003-56.08W at 301958Z apr2019-05-01
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 01:27Z; 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.