Derelict vessel, gray hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 33-03N 013-29W at 220500Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 537/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-25 18:33Z
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 74/22 221829Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-22 18:33Z. 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 33.050, -13.483. 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
- 2022-02-22 18:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-25 18:33Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 74/22 221829Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 33.050, -13.483
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 08. 1. DERELICT VESSEL, GRAY HULL, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 33-03N 013-29W AT 220500Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251833Z FEB 22.
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.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
25 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 ten meter S/V josephine adrift in vicinity 35-10.40N 012-13.30W at 011317Z jan2024-01-01
- S/V thiassi disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 32-00.40N 011-27.20W2023-07-02
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 32-32.00N 010-49.00W at 211800Z apr2023-04-23
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 32-34.00N 010-06.00W at 062200Z mar2023-03-07
- Derelict eight meter vessel, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 32-38.00N 014-04.00W at…2023-01-10
- Derelict ten meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 35-14.5N 011-51.6W at 231842Z dec2021-12-24
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 01:34Z; 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.