Derelict S/V adrift in 38-55.1N 005-41.7E at 110653Z dec
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 3833/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-14 11:47Z
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 1651/20 111015Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-11 11:47Z. 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 - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 38.918, 5.695. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2020-12-11 11:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-12-14 11:47Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 1651/20 111015Z DEC 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 38.918, 5.695
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. BALEARIC ISLANDS. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT S/V ADRIFT IN 38-55.1N 005-41.7E AT 110653Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141147Z DEC 20.
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
36 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 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 vessel adrift in 38-51.10N 009-20.90E2026-09-14
- A derelict boat is adrift around: in position 38-51.1N 009-20.9E cancel this msg 162359 UTC sep 262026-09-14
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 41-13.37N 004-12.47E at 070700Z feb2023-02-07
- Three, five meter vessels, white and blue hulls, adrift in vicinity 39-00.8N 003-01.2E at 200335Z jul2021-07-20
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 41-22.63N 004-46.01E at 050908Z jul2021-07-05
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 41-26.75N 004-30.75E at 041200Z jul2021-07-04
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 16:47Z; 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.