Wrecks

A partially submerged barge marked by a red buoy is a dangerous wreck in Sierra Leone at 14-41.65N 017-24.12W; navigate with caution and report to Dakar rescue center.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA II 340/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: SHOM NAVAREA II via PING (eastern North Atlantic, West Africa) · SHOM — Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine (NAVAREA II coordinator). Issued 2026-09-27 11:45Z. First collected 2026-09-27 11:57Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-27 12:57Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 14.694, -17.402. 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 Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2026-09-27 11:45Z
status: Listed in force
authority: SHOM — Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine (NAVAREA II coordinator)
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II
issued by: SHOM
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 14.694, -17.402
nearest port: Dakar · 2 nm
source: SHOM NAVAREA II via PING (eastern North Atlantic, West Africa) · first seen 2026-09-27 11:57Z

Original warning text

SIERRA LEONE.
NEWLY DISCOVERED DANGERS.
DANGEROUS WRECK.
14-41.65N 017-24.12W
PARTIALLY SUBMERGED BARGE MARKED BY A RED BUOY
REPORT ANY INFORMATION TO MRCC.DAKAR@HASSMAR.GOUV.SN
NAVIGATE WITH CAUTION

Reading this warning

Dangerous wreck: A sunken vessel close enough to the surface to endanger ships, or wreckage reported in the water.
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.
Semi-submerged: Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
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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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions

13 within 180 nm since 2009 · 1 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.

F/V sank in vicinity 13-36.2N 017-07.7W2021-08-04
Dangerous wrecks reported in: a. 14-36.6N 017-26.3W2019-06-14
Dangerous wreck in vicinity 12-36N 016-55W2018-09-14
F/V mayi 6 sank in 13-55.14N 017-34.49W at 121700Z nov 162016-11-12
Dangerous wreck vicinity 11-42.63N 017-07.55W2015-09-02
Dangerous wreck vicinity 11-43N 017-07W2015-09-01

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

38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 13:09Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →

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.