Derelict 7.5 meter vessel, grey hull, adrift in vicinity 36-02N 006-28W at 030957Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 338/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-06 11:22Z
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 49/22 031057Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-03 11:37Z. 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 36.033, -6.467. 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
- 2022-02-03 11:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-06 11:22Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 49/22 031057Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.033, -6.467
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. SPAIN. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT 7.5 METER VESSEL, GREY HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 36-02N 006-28W AT 030957Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 061122Z FEB 22.
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
26 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 S/V adrift in 35-47.00N 006-47.00W at 051120Z jan2023-01-05
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 36-47.70N 007-07.60W at 261232Z jul2022-07-27
- Derelict S/V meerstern adrift in vicinity 34-51.60N 007-45.30W at 011745Z jul2022-07-02
- Derelict vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 35-23.00N 006-27.00W at 281930Z jun2022-06-29
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 35-28.00N 008-57.00W at 240300Z may2022-05-24
- Derelict 12 meter vessel, blue hull, adrift in 36-33.20N 007-24.70W at 170725Z may2022-05-17
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 07:58Z; 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.