Derelict nine meter vessel, blue and white hull, adrift in 35-55.70N 033-50.08E at 211500Z nov
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 3625/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-11-22 08:44Z
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 III 978/18 211838Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-21 19:40Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 35.928, 33.835. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2018-11-21 19:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-11-24 19:40Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 978/18 211838Z NOV 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 35.928, 33.835
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. TURKEY. DNC 10. 1. DERELICT NINE METER VESSEL, BLUE AND WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN 35-55.70N 033-50.08E AT 211500Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241940Z 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
6 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Vessel disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 33-55.83N 034-07.92E2022-08-22
- Derelict vessel tayyar senkaya 1 partially submerged and adrift in 35-58.799N 030-24.409E2013-06-23
- M/V lady mary disabled and adrift due to lack of fuel in 35-49.8N 033-06.0E2011-04-08
- Derelict M/V gebo victory adrift vicinity 33-43N 034-47E at 290920Z jan2008-01-30
- Vessel disabled and adrift vicinity 34-59.4N 034-57.5E2003-12-11
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 2026-09-24 23:09Z; 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.