Derelicts

Derelict M/V mercury adrift in 13-13.1N 042-51.2E

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 2855/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-08-26 06:37Z

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 IX 223/17 230625Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-23 06:37Z. 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: Red Sea. The parsed report position is 13.218, 42.853. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Red Sea →

issued: 2017-08-23 06:37Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-08-26 06:37Z
authority: NAVAREA IX 223/17 230625Z AUG 17.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Red Sea
position: 13.218, 42.853
vessel: M/V MERCURY · 2 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RED SEA.
ERITREA.
DNC 10.
1. DERELICT M/V MERCURY ADRIFT IN 13-13.1N 042-51.2E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260637Z AUG 17.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

10 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.

30 foot derelict vessel adrift in 11-27.14N 043-30.49E at 120930Z mar2024-03-12
Derelict M/V true confidence adrift in 11-54.20N 044-29.30E2024-03-07
Derelict M/V rubymar, partially submerged and adrift in 13-21.19N 042-57.64E2024-03-04
Derelict vessel adrift in 13-20.00N 042-57.00E2024-02-25
Derelict vessel at anchor in 12-53.00N 043-09.00E2024-02-20
Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 14-15N 041-58E at 191300Z dec2014-12-19

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

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 2026-09-24 21:53Z; 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.