101 meter M/V apollo falcon adrift due to engine failure in 41-34.6N 017-02.6E at 201900Z apr
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 754/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-06-07 14:57Z
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) · MRCC ROME 20 APR 06.. Issued 2006-04-20 20:21Z. 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 41.577, 17.043. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2006-04-20 20:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME 20 APR 06.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 41.577, 17.043
- vessel
- M/V APOLLO FALCON
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
101 METER M/V APOLLO FALCON ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 41-34.6N 017-02.6E AT 201900Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
14 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 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
- 70 meter vessel blue sky, red hull, disabled and adrift in 39-44N 018-24E at 301940Z dec2014-12-30
- Derelict M/V nazo-s on fire and adrift in 43-15-33N 014-46-59E2013-06-23
- Derelict M/V nazo-s on fire and adrift in 43-27N 014-28E2013-06-21
- Derelict 21 meter vessel, partially submerged and adrift in 38-59.1N 015-39.7E2004-09-17
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 17:19Z; 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.