Derelict eight meter vessel, green hull, partially submerged and adrift in 40-17.8N 018-52.7E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 561/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-03-11 16:58Z
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) · MARDIPART TARANTO 180/02 111501A MAR 02; MARDIPART TARANTO 091655A MAR 02; MARDIPART TARANTO 110945A MAR 02; JRCC PARACUS AOR-E #584 110930Z MAR 02. Issued 2002-03-11 15:25Z. 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
- Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 40.297, 18.878. 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
- Punta licosa light 40-15.0N 014-53.9E unlitcancelled by this notice
- Oceanographic operations 04 thru 11 mar by M/V urania in area bound by 34-20N 020-00E, 35-15N 021-30E,…cancelled by this notice
- Man overboard from M/V champion z in area between 03-47S 04-59S and 009-59E 010-47Ecancelled by this notice
- Eight meter vessel adrift vicinity 40-17.8N 018-52.7Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2002-03-11 15:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARDIPART TARANTO 180/02 111501A MAR 02; MARDIPART TARANTO 091655A MAR 02; MARDIPART TARANTO 110945A MAR 02; JRCC PARACUS AOR-E #584 110930Z MAR 02
- issued by
- MARDIPART TARANTO
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 40.297, 18.878
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT EIGHT METER VESSEL, GREEN HULL, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 40-17.8N 018-52.7E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 493/02(53), AID RESTORED. 3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 504/02(53,54). 4. CANCEL HYDROLANT 524/02(57), SEARCH SUSPENDED. 5. CANCEL THIS MSG 18 MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
23 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 S/V adrift in vicinity 37-31.00N 017-49.00E at 181905Z sep2023-09-19
- Derelict S/V, white hull, reported adrift in vicinity 38-12.00N 019-17.90E at 110630Z jun2022-06-11
- Derelict 190 meter barge adrift in 41-29.8N 017-02.0E2018-04-01
- Derelict 30 meter F/V, blue hull, partially submerged and adrift in 38-48.3N 017-30.7E2016-09-08
- M/V angela disabled and adrift in 37-49.6N 018-35.4E at 111146Z oct2015-10-11
- 70 meter vessel blue sky, red hull, disabled and adrift in 39-44N 018-24E at 301940Z dec2014-12-30
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 2026-10-01 09:31Z; 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.