Vessel disabled and adrift in 20-52.5N 085-18.9W
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 434/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-28 10:35Z
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) · RCC MIAMI 201655Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-20 17:01Z. 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 20.875, -85.315. 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2016-02-20 17:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 201655Z FEB 16.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 20.875, -85.315
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. DNC 15. VESSEL DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 20-52.5N 085-18.9W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
25 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 vessel adrift in vicinity 21-35.50N 084-59.40W at 241200Z apr2023-04-24
- Derelict 30 foot S/V tulaichean 2 adrift in vicinity 22-00.20N 086-05.50W at 192058Z mar2023-03-20
- 20 foot vessel, white hull, disabled and adrift in 22-52.35N 084-52.82W2022-09-02
- Western caribbean sea 1. derelict barge mgm 3001, grey hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in…2021-11-02
- Derelict barge, red hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in 20-18.7N 083-35.5W at 292100Z oct2021-10-30
- Derelict tug adrift in 22-55.22N 083-32.2W2018-08-16
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
- NAVAREA IV mobile offshore drilling units positions at 241615Z sep: a. agosto 12 19-23.0N 092-03.1WSurveys · 20.2 nm
- Puerto morelos light 20-50.2N 086-55.0W unreliableNav aids · 89.9 nm
- Isla contoy light 21-31.60N 086-48.30W unlitNav aids · 92.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:03Z; 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.