Derelict 150 meter M/V guana, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 47-25.19N 006-30.10W
Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 2953/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-28 07:45Z
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) · MRCC ETEL 0/23 271930Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-27 19:49Z. 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
- Celtic Sea. The parsed report position is 47.420, -6.502. 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 150 meter M/V guana adrift in 47-30.00N 006-22.00W at 271700Z declater 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 2953/23 · this notice2023-12-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2958/232023-12-28 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-12-27 19:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-12-30 19:34Z
- authority
- MRCC ETEL 0/23 271930Z DEC 23.
- issued by
- MRCC ETEL
- sea
- Celtic Sea
- position
- 47.420, -6.502
- vessel
- M/V GUANA · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CELTIC SEA. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT 150 METER M/V GUANA, BLUE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 47-25.19N 006-30.10W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301934Z DEC 23.
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
215 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 S/V adrift in vicinity 49-15.54N 005-19.20W2024-04-09
- Derelict S/V adrift in 49-20.00N 005-41.00W at 090055Z apr2024-04-09
- Derelict six meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 46-29.47N 002-34.03W at 031900Z mar2024-03-31
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor adrift in vicinity 49-21.00N 005-05.00W at 160915Z jan2024-01-16
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor adrift in vicinity 49-21.00N 004-41.00W2024-01-15
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor dismasted and adrift in vicinity 48-55.56N 004-38.02W2024-01-13
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 09:57Z; 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.