Derelict vessel, yellow hull, adrift in 00-42.21N 029-20.59W at 291243Z sep
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3077/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-02 19:00Z
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 V 224/18 291822Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-29 19:00Z. 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 0.704, -29.343. 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
- 2018-09-29 19:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-10-02 19:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V 224/18 291822Z SEP 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 0.704, -29.343
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT VESSEL, YELLOW HULL, ADRIFT IN 00-42.21N 029-20.59W AT 291243Z SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021900Z OCT 18.
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
9 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 vessel adrift in vicinity 00-54.91N 029-20.90W at 122300Z feb2018-02-13
- Derelict S/V sylnael adrift in 00-42.02S 030-59.07W at 191600Z sep2013-09-19
- Derelict ten meter vessel bleu citron, pink hull, adrift in 01-31.82N 032-10.25W at 260603Z apr2012-04-28
- Derelict vessel bleu citron adrift vicinity 01-19.08N 032-04.55W on 10 mar2012-03-20
- Derelict ten meter M/V bleu citron, pink hull, adrift in 01-23.22S 029-35.22W on 10 mar2012-03-11
- Derelict M/V bleu citron NR92 adrift in 01-46.52N 028-45.17W at 080001Z mar2012-03-09
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 00:28Z; 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.