Derelicts

Derelict seven meter S/V kitty rouge, red hull, adrift vicinity 22-48N 024-22W at 091030Z feb

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 352/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-02-13 01:03Z

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) · AVURNAV DAKAR 5/16 100041Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-10 01:03Z. 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 22.800, -24.367. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2016-02-10 01:03Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-02-13 01:03Z
authority
AVURNAV DAKAR 5/16 100041Z FEB 16.
issued by
AVURNAV DAKAR
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
22.800, -24.367
vessel
S/V KITTY ROUGE · 2 messages
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.
1. DERELICT SEVEN METER S/V KITTY ROUGE,
   RED HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 22-48N 024-22W
   AT 091030Z FEB.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 340/16, ASSISTANCE RECEIVED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 130103Z FEB 16.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

9 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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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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 2026-09-24 19:02Z; 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.