Derelicts

Derelict ten meter vessel bleu citron, pink hull, adrift in 01-39.17N 032-13.15W at 030620Z may

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 951/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-05-07 23:00Z

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 V 175/12 042251Z MAY 12.. Issued 2012-05-04 23:09Z. 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 1.653, -32.219. 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

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.

  1. HYDROLANT 905/122012-04-28 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 951/12 · this notice2012-05-04 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2012-05-04 23:09Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-05-07 23:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V 175/12 042251Z MAY 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
1.653, -32.219
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. DERELICT TEN METER VESSEL BLEU CITRON, PINK HULL,
   ADRIFT IN 01-39.17N 032-13.15W AT 030620Z MAY.
   REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 072300Z 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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

15 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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M
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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 00:26Z; 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.