Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 48-42.18N 013-13.05W at 221155Z may
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 987/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-05-29 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) · WZ 636/06 221201Z MAY 06.. Issued 2006-05-22 12:43Z. 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 48.703, -13.217. 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
- Current meters moored on the seabed and extend to 20 meters below the surface in: a. 27-54.51N 013-21.96Wcancelled by this 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 981/062006-05-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 987/06 · this notice2006-05-22 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2006-05-22 12:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 636/06 221201Z MAY 06.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 48.703, -13.217
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 48-42.18N 013-13.05W AT 221155Z MAY. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 974/06(51). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 29 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.
- 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
20 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 32 meter F/V nuevo san juan adrift in 48-13.00N 008-49.00W2023-07-02
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 49-37N 014-22W at 211656Z jan2022-01-21
- Derelict S/V helena, light blue hull, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 47-40.0N 016-00.1W2020-05-23
- Derelict vessel la del vie adrift in vicinity 49-49.0N 012-49.2W at 202022Z sep2019-09-20
- Lifeboat adrift vicinity 49-41N 011-18W at 031145Z sep2012-09-03
- Derelict M/V flaminia adrift vicinity 48-24.7N 016-57.5W at 200001Z aug2012-08-21
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 09:04Z; 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.