Derelicts

Derelict 30 foot S/V atlantic tiger adrift in vicinity 29-54.90N 120-03.05W

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 253/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-04-20 21:03Z

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) · RCC ALAMEDA 172056Z APR 22.. Issued 2022-04-17 21:03Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 29.915, -120.051. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2022-04-17 21:03Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-04-20 21:03Z
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 172056Z APR 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 29.915, -120.051
vessel: S/V ATLANTIC TIGER
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
1. DERELICT 30 FOOT S/V ATLANTIC TIGER ADRIFT
   IN VICINITY 29-54.90N 120-03.05W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 202103Z APR 22.

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.
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

3 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.

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

Hazardous operations, rocket launching: a. 301600Z to 302025Z sep, alternate 1600Z to 2025Z daily 01 thru 06…Missiles · 102.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:59Z; 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.