Containers

Container adrift in vicinity 51-04.6N 001-11.6E at 200600Z nov

Dover Strait · England-southeast Coast · HYDROLANT 3102/16

issued: 2016-11-20 16:09Z
status: cancelled 2016-11-23 16:09Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2016-11-23 16:09Z
authority: WZ 1351/16 201505Z NOV 16.
position: 51.077, 1.193
containers: 1
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DOVER STRAIT.
ENGLAND-SOUTHEAST COAST.
DNC 20.
1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN VICINITY 51-04.6N 001-11.6E
   AT 200600Z NOV.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231609Z NOV 16.

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