Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 49-15.54N 005-19.20W
Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 748/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-11 08:11Z
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) · AVURNAV BREST 100/24 091656Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-09 17:02Z. 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
- Celtic Sea. The parsed report position is 49.259, -5.320. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 748/24 and this msglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 741/242024-04-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 748/24 · this notice2024-04-09 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2024-04-09 17:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-12 17:00Z
- authority
- AVURNAV BREST 100/24 091656Z APR 24.
- issued by
- AVURNAV BREST
- sea
- Celtic Sea
- position
- 49.259, -5.320
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ENGLISH CHANNEL. ENGLAND. DNC 20. 1. DERELICT S/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 49-15.54N 005-19.20W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121700Z APR 24.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
173 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 49-20.00N 005-41.00W at 090055Z apr2024-04-09
- Derelict nine meter M/V nevermind adrift in vicinity 50-16.00N 003-06.00W at 122204Z mar2024-03-13
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor adrift in vicinity 49-21.00N 005-05.00W at 160915Z jan2024-01-16
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor adrift in vicinity 49-21.00N 004-41.00W2024-01-15
- Derelict six meter S/V ouch solo sailor dismasted and adrift in vicinity 48-55.56N 004-38.02W2024-01-13
- Derelict 150 meter M/V guana adrift in 47-30.00N 006-22.00W at 271700Z dec2023-12-28
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 2026-09-29 21:31Z; 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.