Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 34-15N 028-58W on 09 dec 19
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3782/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-12-12 20:57Z
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 430/19 091939Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-09 20:57Z. 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 34.250, -28.967. 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
- 2019-12-09 20:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-12-12 20:57Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 430/19 091939Z DEC 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.250, -28.967
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT S/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 34-15N 028-58W ON 09 DEC 19. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 122057Z DEC 19.
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.
- 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
8 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 15 meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 31-45N 029-20W at 251837Z aug 192019-08-26
- Derelict S/V leopard gv adrift in vicinity 36-59N 028-32W at 051730Z feb2019-02-05
- Derelict F/V adrift vicinity 34-35.3N 026-41.7W at 151330Z jul2016-07-15
- Derelict seven meter long F/V adrift in 32-54.5N 028-05.0W at 141110Z nov2007-11-14
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 32-59N 029-59W at 071133Z aug2007-08-07
- Derelict eight to 10 meter S/V kalhinkaf, white hull with blue stripe, adrift vicinity 33-11.6N 031-23.7W at…2005-05-20
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:38Z; 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.