Derelict 60 meter vessel vitriol, red and blue hull, adrift vicinity 36-42N 018-53E at 061240Z dec
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 2976/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-12-06 20:12Z
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 ROME 061313Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-06 13:36Z. 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
- Ionian Sea. The parsed report position is 36.700, 18.883. 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 60 meter vessel vitriol adrift vicinity 36-31N 018-36E at 052105Z deccancelled by this notice
- Derelict 60 meter vessel vitriol, red and blue hull, adrift vicinity 36-43N 019-02E at 061747Z 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 2973/142014-12-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2976/14 · this notice2014-12-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2986/142014-12-06 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2014-12-06 13:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-12-09 13:36Z
- authority
- MRCC ROME 061313Z DEC 14.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 36.700, 18.883
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHERN IONIAN SEA. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. DNC 09. 1. DERELICT 60 METER VESSEL VITRIOL, RED AND BLUE HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 36-42N 018-53E AT 061240Z DEC. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, INMARSAT-C: 424744220, PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 3906 5908 4409, FAX: 390 6592 2737, 3906 5908 4793, E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2973/14. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 091336Z DEC 14.
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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
50 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 S/V adrift in vicinity 37-31.00N 017-49.00E at 181905Z sep2023-09-19
- Vessel disabled and adrift in vicinity 34-13.00N 018-54.00E at 292110Z jul2022-07-29
- Derelict S/V, white hull, reported adrift in vicinity 38-12.00N 019-17.90E at 110630Z jun2022-06-11
- Derelict vessel serenity adrift in vicinity 36-57-55N 018-57-55E at 191245Z may2022-05-23
- Derelict 30 meter F/V, blue hull, partially submerged and adrift in 38-48.3N 017-30.7E2016-09-08
- Derelict F/V adrift in 36-59N 016-39E at 301900Z mar2016-03-30
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 2026-10-02 21:57Z; 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.