Derelict 42 meter tug puma adrift in vicinity 45-41N 006-40W at 110300Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 497/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-02-11 16:08Z
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 II 76/18 110412Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-11 04:25Z. 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 45.683, -6.667. 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
- Derelict 42 meter tug puma adrift in 45-39.04N 006-53.00W at 102030Z febcancelled by this notice
- Derelict 42 meter tug puma adrift in vicinity 45-35.79N 006-24.45W at 111546Z feblater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 432/182018-02-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 442/182018-02-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 443/182018-02-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 447/182018-02-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 454/182018-02-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 456/182018-02-09 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-02-11 04:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-02-14 04:25Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 76/18 110412Z FEB 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 45.683, -6.667
- vessel
- TUG PUMA · 15 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. BAY OF BISCAY. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT 42 METER TUG PUMA ADRIFT IN VICINITY 45-41N 006-40W AT 110300Z FEB. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 492/18. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 140425Z FEB 18.
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.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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
191 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 six meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 46-29.47N 002-34.03W at 031900Z mar2024-03-31
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana adrift in 47-30.00N 006-22.00W at 271700Z dec2023-12-28
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 47-25.19N 006-30.10W2023-12-27
- Derelict S/V hui-lon, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 46-33.50N 004-43.40W at 220244Z sep2023-09-22
- Derelict 12 meter S/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 46-22.00N 006-40.00W at 201150Z sep2023-09-21
- Derelict 32 meter F/V nuevo san juan adrift in area bound by 47-30.00N 006-45.00W, 47-30.00N 008-00.00W,…2023-07-07
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
- Special operationsExercises · 108.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:05Z; 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.