Derelict 32 foot vessel adrift in 33-13.4N 075-35.3W at 120257Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 488/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-02-15 04:21Z
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 NORFOLK 120301Z FEB 17.. Issued 2017-02-12 04:21Z. 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 33.223, -75.588. 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
- Vessel sinking in 33-09.43N 075-20.17W at 112342Z febcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-02-12 04:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-02-15 04:21Z
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 120301Z FEB 17.
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 33.223, -75.588
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 16, DNC 17. 1. DERELICT 32 FOOT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 33-13.4N 075-35.3W AT 120257Z FEB. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 485/17(11,12,26). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 150421Z FEB 17.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- 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
12 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 32 foot S/V adrift in 34-37.90N 073-50.20W at 160230Z apr2024-04-16
- Derelict S/V le siguer adrift in 30-34.02N 075-47.58W at 281835Z dec2023-12-28
- Derelict 60 foot vessel moonyacht partially submerged and adrift in 32-47.40N 075-23.10W2023-10-22
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 35-01.08N 072-42.04W at 151930Z sep2021-09-15
- Partially submerged vessel adrift in 35-01.08N 072-42.04W at 151930Z sep2021-09-15
- Derelict 55 foot S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 33-31.72N 074-43.07W at 272149Z nov2018-11-28
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 2026-10-02 00:54Z; 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.