Derelict rowboat adrift in vicinity 31-34N 010-54W at 211320Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3927/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-12-24 18:07Z
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 440/19 201805Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-21 18:07Z. 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 31.567, -10.900. 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
- 2019-12-21 18:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-12-24 18:07Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 440/19 201805Z DEC 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 31.567, -10.900
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. MOROCCO. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT ROWBOAT ADRIFT IN VICINITY 31-34N 010-54W AT 211320Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241807Z 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.
- 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
24 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 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 adrift in 29-03.30N 011-00.68W at 122100Z aug2026-08-12
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 33-33.90N 008-40.70W at 222210Z dec2023-12-23
- S/V thiassi disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 32-00.40N 011-27.20W2023-07-02
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 32-32.00N 010-49.00W at 211800Z apr2023-04-23
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 32-34.00N 010-06.00W at 062200Z mar2023-03-07
- Derelict eight meter vessel, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 32-38.00N 014-04.00W at…2023-01-10
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 02:02Z; 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.