Derelict 24 foot vessel fire ant, white hull, adrift vicinity 18-47.9N 031-21.6W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 376/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-17 02:40Z
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 FALMOUTH 140205Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-14 02:40Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 18.798, -31.360. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-02-14 02:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-02-17 02:40Z
- authority
- MRCC FALMOUTH 140205Z FEB 16.
- issued by
- MRCC FALMOUTH
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 18.798, -31.360
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT 24 FOOT VESSEL FIRE ANT, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 18-47.9N 031-21.6W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 371/16, PERSONS RESCUED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 170240Z 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
9 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 vicinity 20-32.5N 033-46.4W at 150050Z mar2011-03-15
- Derelict S/V pelican adrift in 17-49.2N 030-30.9W2009-12-02
- Derelict vessel barbery duck adrift vicinity 18-58N 032-32W at 011300Z dec2007-12-01
- S/V arnolf lost rudder and adrift in 20-06N 034-01W at 070940Z dec2006-12-07
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 18-26N 031-49W at 060330Z feb2003-02-06
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 18-26N 031-49W at 060330Z feb2003-02-06
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 2026-09-25 01:58Z; 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.