Derelict vessel breakthrough atlantic adrift vicinity 23-41N 024-05W at 171200Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3265/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-21 12:45Z
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 II 356/13 171426Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-18 12:47Z. 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 23.683, -24.083. 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
- Two persons from vessel breakthrough atlantic abandoning ship in 23-41N 024-05Wcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-12-18 12:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-12-21 12:45Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 356/13 171426Z DEC 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.683, -24.083
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT VESSEL BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTIC ADRIFT VICINITY 23-41N 024-05W AT 171200Z DEC. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3254/13, CREW RESCUED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 211245Z DEC 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
9 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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 12 meter F/V adrift in vicinity 25-03.00N 023-36.00W at 051840Z dec2023-12-05
- Derelict vessel, blue and purple hull, adrift in vicinity 22-50N 022-20W at 011730Z nov2021-11-02
- Derelict six meter rowboat adrift in vicinity 23-34.0N 025-38.3W at 232330Z dec2017-12-24
- Vessel adrift in vicinity 23-40.1N 025-25.8W at 230300Z dec2017-12-23
- Derelict seven meter S/V kitty rouge, red hull, adrift vicinity 22-48N 024-22W at 091030Z feb2016-02-10
- Vessel dadimar dos on fire and adrift in 21-44.0N 022-23.2W2013-11-20
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 2026-10-01 15:13Z; 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.