Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 22-58.00N 017-42.00W at 290950Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2967/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-01-01 11:52Z
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 372/23 291048Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-29 11:53Z. 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 22.967, -17.700. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-12-29 11:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-01-01 11:52Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 372/23 291048Z DEC 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 22.967, -17.700
- 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. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 22-58.00N 017-42.00W AT 290950Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 011152Z JAN 24.
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
46 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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 adrift2026-09-18
- 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 ten meter vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 25-36.00N 017-39.00W at 201330Z feb2023-02-20
- 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
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
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 118.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 14:48Z; 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.