Derelicts

Derelict four meter vessel, black hull with red stripe, adrift in 36-43.8N 011-51.2E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 465/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-02-20 21:35Z

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) · NAVAREA III 144/21 180100Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-17 21:35Z. 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: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 36.730, 11.853. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued: 2021-02-17 21:35Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-02-20 21:35Z
authority: NAVAREA III 144/21 180100Z FEB 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 36.730, 11.853
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
STRAIT OF SICILY.
PANTELLERIA.
DNC 08.
1. DERELICT FOUR METER VESSEL, BLACK HULL WITH RED
   STRIPE, ADRIFT IN 36-43.8N 011-51.2E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 202135Z FEB 21.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

232 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 vessel adrift in vicinity 36-11.50N 011-31.50E2022-06-01
Derelict seven meter vessel adrift in vicinity 35-18N 011-38E2021-08-11
Derelict 15 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 35-12N 011-50E2021-08-09
Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 34-57N 011-49E2021-05-07

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 02:13Z; 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.