F/V fimela disabled and adrift in 11-03N 018-07W at 111930Z nov
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3509/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-03-08 15:16Z
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) · MRCC DAKAR 112008Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-11 21:21Z. 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 11.050, -18.117. 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
- 2018-11-11 21:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC DAKAR 112008Z NOV 18.
- issued by
- MRCC DAKAR
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 11.050, -18.117
- vessel
- F/V FIMELA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. F/V FIMELA DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 11-03N 018-07W AT 111930Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DAKAR, PHONE: 2213 3826 5001, FAX: 2213 3826 5000, E-MAIL: MARINENAT@ORANGE.SN.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
15 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.
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- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 12-03N 017-50W at 030530Z feb2022-02-03
- Derelict F/V adrift in vicinity 12-50N 017-48W at 281100Z jun 182018-06-28
- Derelict vessel maguette sene adrift in 13-44.64N 017-12.70W at 140600Z jan vessels in vicinity requested to…2017-01-16
- Derelict F/V baraka adrift vicinity 08-23N 017-25W2016-11-08
- F/V baraka disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-15.4N 017-51.5W at 241330Z oct2016-10-31
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 2026-09-29 05:27Z; 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.