Derelict M/V lira adrift in vicinity 40-57.8N 010-38.1E at 180340Z dec
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 3881/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-12-19 08:14Z
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 ROME 180435Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-18 08:49Z. 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
- Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 40.963, 10.635. 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
- Distress signal received from M/V lira, nine persons on board, in 39-40.55N 011-42.66E at 160421Z deccancelled by this notice
- Derelict 89 meter M/V lira adrift in 40-43.6N 010-57.9Ecancelled by this notice
- Derelict M/V lira adrift in vicinity 41-14.5N 010-07.4E at 190500Z declater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 3879/192019-12-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3881/19 · this notice2019-12-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3893/192019-12-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
- issued
- 2019-12-18 08:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-12-21 08:49Z
- authority
- MRCC ROME 180435Z DEC 19.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 40.963, 10.635
- vessel
- M/V LIRA · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TYRRHENIAN SEA. SARDINIA. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT M/V LIRA ADRIFT IN VICINITY 40-57.8N 010-38.1E AT 180340Z DEC. REPORTS TO MRSC OLBIA, PHONE: 390 7892 6666, E-MAIL: SO.CPOLBAI@MIT.GOV.IT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3851/19, 3879/19. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 210849Z 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
37 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 F/V adrift in vicinity 38-13N 009-31E2020-07-17
- Derelict M/V lira adrift in vicinity 41-14.5N 010-07.4E at 190500Z dec2019-12-19
- Derelict 89 meter M/V lira adrift in 40-43.6N 010-57.9E2019-12-17
- Derelict 20 meter vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 38-36N 011-28E2017-09-20
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 2026-10-01 22:24Z; 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.