Derelicts

360 foot M/V grey shark on fire and adrift in 37-52.3N 071-15.4W at 160700Z mar

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 634/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-03-22 12:19Z

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) · RCC NORFOLK 160059Z MAR 15.. Issued 2015-03-16 01:23Z. 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 37.872, -71.257. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2015-03-16 01:23Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC NORFOLK 160059Z MAR 15.
issued by
RCC NORFOLK
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
37.872, -71.257
vessel
M/V GREY SHARK · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 17.
360 FOOT M/V GREY SHARK ON FIRE AND ADRIFT IN
37-52.3N 071-15.4W AT 160700Z MAR. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC NORFOLK,
PHONE: 757 398 6231, FAX: 757 398 6392,
E-MAIL: RCCNORFOLK@USCG.MIL, D05-SMB-D5CC@USCG.MIL.

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible
The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

22 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 02:11Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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