Vessel adrift in vicinity 23-40.1N 025-25.8W at 230300Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 4165/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-12-26 04:39Z
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 479/17 230433Z DEC 17.. Issued 2017-12-23 04:39Z. 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 23.668, -25.430. 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
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 4165/17 · this notice2017-12-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 4174/172017-12-24 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-12-23 04:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-12-26 04:39Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 479/17 230433Z DEC 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.668, -25.430
- 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. VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 23-40.1N 025-25.8W AT 230300Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260439Z DEC 17.
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.
- 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
9 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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 12 meter F/V adrift in vicinity 25-03.00N 023-36.00W at 051840Z dec2023-12-05
- Derelict vessel, blue and purple hull, adrift in vicinity 22-50N 022-20W at 011730Z nov2021-11-02
- Derelict 15 meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 26-21N 025-56W at 252220Z apr 192019-04-26
- Derelict six meter rowboat adrift in vicinity 23-34.0N 025-38.3W at 232330Z dec2017-12-24
- Derelict seven meter S/V kitty rouge, red hull, adrift vicinity 22-48N 024-22W at 091030Z feb2016-02-10
- Derelict vessel breakthrough atlantic adrift vicinity 23-41N 024-05W at 171200Z dec2013-12-18
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 2026-09-29 14:51Z; 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.