S/V viewfinder disabled and adrift due to lost rudder in 17-10.5N 037-15.3W at 212000Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 487/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-03-02 11:23Z
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) · MRCC DELGADA 212139Z FEB 13.. Issued 2013-02-21 22:32Z. 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 17.175, -37.255. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-02-21 22:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC DELGADA 212139Z FEB 13.
- issued by
- MRCC DELGADA
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 17.175, -37.255
- vessel
- S/V VIEWFINDER
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. S/V VIEWFINDER DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO LOST RUDDER IN 17-10.5N 037-15.3W AT 212000Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, PHONE: 351 9628 1777, FAX: 351 9620 5239.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
8 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 gray dingy adrift in vicinity 15-50.50N 037-59.11W at 041645Z dec2022-12-06
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 18-54.4N 034-41.1W at 191500Z jan2022-01-19
- Derelict S/V charlotte jane adrift in 16-58.32N 039-54.10W at 070001Z dec2021-12-07
- Derelict M/V tiama of nantes adrift in vicinity 17-40N 039-40W2019-02-15
- Derelict 12.5 meter S/V focus adrift in 16-29.74N 037-22.85W at 311240Z jan2017-01-31
- Derelict seven meter S/V adrift vicinity 15-05.9N 035-50.6W at 100600Z dec2013-12-10
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 01:53Z; 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.