Vessel don juan de dios disabled and adrift
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 426/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-02-23 14:45Z
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) · COLOMBIA 061532Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-06 16:13Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 15.972, -71.333. 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 426/18 · this notice2018-02-06 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 123/182018-02-07 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2018-02-06 16:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COLOMBIA 061532Z FEB 18.
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 15.972, -71.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. DNC 14. VESSEL DON JUAN DE DIOS DISABLED AND ADRIFT. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN 15-58.3N 071-20.0W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
39 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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 S/V orion adrift in 13-29.94N 070-23.64W at 142040Z feb2024-02-15
- Derelict vessel, white and blue hull, adrift in vicinity 14-22.40N 073-18.90W at 160321Z dec2023-12-16
- 20 foot vessel irma milagros-v, white and green hull, adrift in vicinity 17-48.60N 071-09.56W at 152030Z aug2023-08-16
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 15-29.35N 070-23.47W at 080208Z aug2023-08-09
- Derelict 28 foot S/V m'enfin adrift in vicinity 15-06.90N 068-49.60W2023-07-17
- M/V mt albi disabled and adrift in 13-02.35N 070-54.60W at 201800Z jun2023-06-20
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 03:00Z; 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.