Derelicts

Derelict S/V xenon adrift in 06-00.0N 048-06.4W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 338/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-02-25 00:00Z

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 357/09 18 FEB 09.. Issued 2009-02-18 01:27Z. 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 6.000, -48.107. 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

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.

  1. NAVAREA IV 33/092009-02-10 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 44/092009-02-15 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 321/092009-02-15 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROLANT 338/09 · this notice2009-02-18 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 51/092009-02-18 · Archived notice
Compare all 5 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2009-02-18 01:27Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V 357/09 18 FEB 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
6.000, -48.107
vessel
S/V XENON · 5 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. DERELICT S/V XENON ADRIFT IN 06-00.0N 048-06.4W.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 321/09.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 25 FEB.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

8 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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14

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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M
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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 02:32Z; 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.