Derelict 25 meter M/V, green hull, adrift vicinity 38-19-42N 017-36-00E on 10 jan
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 85/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-01-13 22:16Z
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 102211Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-10 22:18Z. 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
- Ionian Sea. The parsed report position is 38.328, 17.600. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-01-10 22:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-01-13 22:16Z
- authority
- MRCC ROME 102211Z JAN 12.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 38.328, 17.600
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
IONIAN SEA. 1. DERELICT 25 METER M/V, GREEN HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 38-19-42N 017-36-00E ON 10 JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 132216Z JAN.
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.
- 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
47 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 vessel serenity adrift in vicinity 36-57-55N 018-57-55E at 191245Z may2022-05-23
- Derelict 30 meter F/V, blue hull, partially submerged and adrift in 38-48.3N 017-30.7E2016-09-08
- Derelict tug ursa major adrift in 38-34N 015-39E2016-06-19
- Derelict F/V adrift in 36-59N 016-39E at 301900Z mar2016-03-30
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:08Z; 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.