Derelicts

M/V el speth disabled and adrift due to engine damage vicinity 36-00N 015-00E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 3026/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-12-13 09:40Z

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 061456Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-06 15:49Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 36.000, 15.000. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued
2015-12-06 15:49Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC ROME 061456Z DEC 15.
issued by
MRCC ROME
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
36.000, 15.000
vessel
M/V EL SPETH
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
MALTA.
DNC 09.
M/V EL SPETH DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE
TO ENGINE DAMAGE VICINITY 36-00N 015-00E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
INMARSAT-C: 424744220,
PHONE: 3906 5908 4527, 5908 4527,
FAX: 390 6592 2737, 5908 4793,
E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

188 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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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 2026-09-24 19:02Z; 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.