Derelict vessel, gray and white hull adrift in 36-22.5N 001-01.5W at 191010Z feb
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 481/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-02-22 13:56Z
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 153/21 191338Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-19 13:56Z. 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 - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 36.375, -1.025. 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 - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2021-02-19 13:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-02-22 13:56Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 153/21 191338Z FEB 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 36.375, -1.025
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ALGERIA. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT VESSEL, GRAY AND WHITE HULL ADRIFT IN 36-22.5N 001-01.5W AT 191010Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221356Z 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.
- 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
14 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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 35-46.4N 002-10.1W at 141457Z oct2021-10-15
- Derelict 14 meter M/V, gray hull, adrift in vicinity 36-06.52N 004-32.90W at 211820Z jul2021-07-21
- Derelict helicopter, blue with yellow floats, adrift in vicinity 36-02.38N 004-40.30W at 110001Z jul2021-07-11
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 37-12.5N 000-44.3E at 041100Z mar 212021-03-05
- M/V casterone adrift in vicinity 37-27.9N 001-02.3W at 021600Z oct 202020-10-03
- Derelict vessel, black hull, adrift in vicinity 37-10.8N 001-44.1W at 091939Z sep2020-09-10
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 2026-10-01 22:24Z; 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.