S/V black cat possibly disabled and adrift in 28-33N 068-28W at 051627Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3027/15
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) · USCG SAN JUAN 061456Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-06 15:51Z. 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 28.550, -68.467. 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
- 2015-12-06 15:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- USCG SAN JUAN 061456Z DEC 15.
- issued by
- USCG SAN JUAN
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 28.550, -68.467
- vessel
- S/V BLACK CAT POSSIBLY
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 16. S/V BLACK CAT POSSIBLY DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 28-33N 068-28W AT 051627Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD SAN JUAN, PHONE: 787 289 2041.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 reported adrift in vicinity 30-13.16N 070-36.23W at 241510Z apr2023-04-24
- Derelict S/V onward adrift in vicinity 29-55.30N 071-14.30W2023-02-14
- 24 foot vessel disabled and adrift in 30-36N 068-28W at 052043Z jun2018-06-05
- Derelict 75 foot S/V ninah adrift in 31-07.8N 069-02.2W at 191830Z jan2017-01-19
- 65 foot F/V big eye, white hull, disabled and adrift vicinity 27-48N 068-14W2015-10-15
- 65 foot F/V big eye, white hull, disabled and adrift vicinity 27-41N 068-13W2015-10-14
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 02:45Z; 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.