Derelict 27 foot S/V matilda adrift in vicinity 35-14.7N 054-20.0W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1042/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-10 10:39Z
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 NORFOLK 071016Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-07 10:39Z. 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 35.245, -54.333. 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
- 2018-12-07 10:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-12-10 10:39Z
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 071016Z DEC 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 35.245, -54.333
- vessel
- S/V MATILDA · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT 27 FOOT S/V MATILDA ADRIFT IN VICINITY 35-14.7N 054-20.0W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101039Z DEC 18.
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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
13 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.
- 250 meter seawing from M/V ville de bordeaux adrift in vicinity 32-33.00N 053-09.30W at 281955Z apr2023-04-28
- Derelict 38 foot S/V prodigal, black hull, adrift vicinity 35-21N 056-08W2015-06-17
- Derelict S/V swept away adrift in 33-55.5N 055-01.3W at 141024Z sep2014-09-14
- Derelict 42 foot S/V the swept away, white hull, adrift in 34-01.6N 055-49.0W at 310720Z aug2014-09-01
- Derelict 32 foot S/V the swept away adrift in 34-05N 055-45W at 302252Z aug2014-08-31
- Derelict vessel adrift in 37-06.83N 054-50.97W at 291630Z sep2013-09-30
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 03:26Z; 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.