Derelict M/V ocean viking adrift vicinity 19-38N 020-07W at 031800Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 337/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-02-04 09:07Z
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 40/14 031931Z FEB 14.. Issued 2014-02-03 20:07Z. 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 19.633, -20.117. 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
- Derelict M/V ocean viking adrift vicinity 19-38N 020-07W at 031800Z feblater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 337/14 · this notice2014-02-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 342/142014-02-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 349/142014-02-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 358/142014-02-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-02-03 20:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-02-06 20:10Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 40/14 031931Z FEB 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 19.633, -20.117
- vessel
- M/V OCEAN VIKING · 8 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. MAURITANIA. 1. DERELICT M/V OCEAN VIKING ADRIFT VICINITY 19-38N 020-07W AT 031800Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 062010Z FEB 14.
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.
- 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
19 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 15 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 21-39.50N 018-01.30W at 010245Z jun2023-06-01
- Derelict S/V adrift in 21-13.00N 018-00.00W at 190015Z jun2022-06-19
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 20-25N 018-32W at 060930Z feb 212021-02-07
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 21-52N 018-55W on 091500Z dec2019-12-09
- Derelict 14 meter S/V adrift in vicinity 20-48.7N 017-23.1W at 090345Z may2018-05-09
- Derelict M/V ocean viking adrift vicinity 19-05N 020-30W at 050800Z feb2014-02-05
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 04:37Z; 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.