Derelict ten meter S/V samba, green hull, adrift vicinity 34-44.0N 023-36.4W at 171500Z apr
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 794/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-04-24 00:00Z
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 128/03 171548Z APR 03; WZ 523/03 171548Z APR 03. Issued 2003-04-17 16:45Z. 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 34.733, -23.607. 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
- Sandettie north buoy 51-18.4N 002-04.8E unlitcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-04-17 16:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 128/03 171548Z APR 03; WZ 523/03 171548Z APR 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.733, -23.607
- vessel
- S/V SAMBA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT TEN METER S/V SAMBA, GREEN HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 34-44.0N 023-36.4W AT 171500Z APR. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 767/03(37), AID RESTORED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 APR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
7 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 25 meter S/V, red and grey hull, adrift in vicinity 33-49.3N 021-18.4W at 151800Z feb2018-02-15
- Derelict F/V adrift vicinity 34-35.3N 026-41.7W at 151330Z jul2016-07-15
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 03:51Z; 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.