Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 47-46N 017-42W at 302200Z oct
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3383/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-11-03 09:11Z
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 431/18 310823Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-31 09:11Z. 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 47.767, -17.700. 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
- 2018-10-31 09:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-11-03 09:11Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 431/18 310823Z OCT 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 47.767, -17.700
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 08, DNC 19. 1. DERELICT S/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 47-46N 017-42W AT 302200Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 030911Z NOV 18.
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
15 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 vicinity 49-37N 014-22W at 211656Z jan2022-01-21
- Derelict S/V helena, light blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 47-40.0N 016-00.1W2020-05-23
- Derelict 20 meter S/V adrift in 49-40.38N 020-59.42W at 161730Z jan2019-01-16
- Derelict M/V flaminia adrift vicinity 48-24.7N 016-57.5W at 200001Z aug2012-08-21
- Derelict 11 meter S/V adrift vicinity 46-18N 019-28W at 261140Z aug2010-08-26
- Derelict 7.5 meter S/V aerandir adrift in 45-55.18N 017-38.00W at 141100Z jul2010-07-14
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
- Pap odas buoy relocated to 48-56.30N 016-22.50WNav aids · 88 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:52Z; 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.