Derelict eight meter S/V drago, white and brown hull, adrift in 38-01.7N 016-14.4E at 141845Z may
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 920/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-05-15 20:01Z
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) · MARISICILIA 125/06 142215B MAY 06.. Issued 2006-05-14 23:24Z. 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 38.028, 16.240. 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 920/06 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 694/062006-04-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 920/06 · this notice2006-05-14 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2006-05-14 23:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARISICILIA 125/06 142215B MAY 06.
- issued by
- MARISICILIA
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 38.028, 16.240
- vessel
- S/V DRAGO · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT EIGHT METER S/V DRAGO, WHITE AND BROWN HULL, ADRIFT IN 38-01.7N 016-14.4E AT 141845Z MAY. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 MAY.
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.
- 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
57 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 12 meter vessel adrift in vicinity 37-22N 012-40E2021-02-26
- 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
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:03Z; 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.