Derelict 25 meter S/V, red and grey hull, adrift in vicinity 33-49.3N 021-18.4W at 151800Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 555/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-02-18 18:46Z
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 85/18 151833Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-15 18:46Z. 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 33.822, -21.307. 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
- 2018-02-15 18:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-02-18 18:46Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 85/18 151833Z FEB 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 33.822, -21.307
- 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 25 METER S/V, RED AND GREY HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 33-49.3N 021-18.4W AT 151800Z FEB. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, PHONE: 3512 9628 1777, FAX: 3512 1193 8518, E-MAIL: MRCC.DELGADA@MARINHA.PT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181846Z 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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
9 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 12 meter S/V adrift in vicinity 35-31.00N 021-52.00W at 251341Z2023-10-25
- Derelict S/V josephine, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 36-27N 020-49W at 040142Z aug2020-08-04
- Derelict S/V josephine, white hull, adrift in 335-17N 021-50W at 071505Z may2018-05-08
- Derelict S/V josephine, white hull, adrift in 35-37N 020-11W at 041816Z may2018-05-05
- Derelict S/V, red hull, disabled and adrift in vicinity 35-12.2N 018-56.7W2017-09-12
- Arquipelago da madeira2012-11-16
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:36Z; 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.