Derelict 11 meter vessel adrift vicinity 53-44.5N 003-47.6W at 262027Z mar
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel · HYDROLANT 508/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-03-29 22:30Z
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) · WZ 348/11 262110Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-26 22:37Z. 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
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. The parsed report position is 53.742, -3.793. 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 Irish Sea and St. George's Channel →
- issued
- 2011-03-26 22:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-03-29 22:30Z
- authority
- WZ 348/11 262110Z MAR 11.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
- position
- 53.742, -3.793
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ENGLAND-WEST COAST. 1. DERELICT 11 METER VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 53-44.5N 003-47.6W AT 262027Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 292230Z MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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
28 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 rowboat gb row endurance adrift in vicinity 55-26.00N 006-18.00W at 261845Z jun2022-06-26
- Derelict lifeboat adrift in 52-39.0N 005-30.9W at 271616Z nov2015-11-27
- Derelict ten meter vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 53-57.7N 003-02.9W at 101034Z sep2014-09-10
- Derelict 21 foot vessel adrift in 51-22.29N 006-37.13W at 131326Z jun2013-06-13
- Derelict seven meter vessel adrift in 51-48.7N 006-35.0W at 172110Z aug2012-08-17
- Derelict 6.5 meter vessel adrift in 51-27.3N 006-23.2W at 162040Z aug2012-08-16
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 2026-10-03 10:30Z; 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.