Derelicts

Vessel disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 20-05N 039-12E

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 3773/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-11-28 11:20Z

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 GRIS NEZ 172345Z NOV 15.. Issued 2015-11-18 00:37Z. 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 20.083, 39.200. 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: 2015-11-18 00:37Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC GRIS NEZ 172345Z NOV 15.
issued by: MRCC GRIS NEZ
sea: Red Sea
position: 20.083, 39.200
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RED SEA.
DNC 10.
VESSEL DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE
IN 20-05N 039-12E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ, TELEX: 42130680,
PHONE: 333 2187 2187, FAX: 333 2187 7855.

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

3 within 180 nm since 2015 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 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 M/V isa star aground in 18-26.00N 041-06.00E2024-12-19
S/V mehr disabled and stranded in 21-37N 037-45E2021-03-23

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 2026-09-28 19:35Z; 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.