Derelicts

Derelict vessel g family adrift in 14-09.05N 061-21.99W at 102235Z nov

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1312/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-11-11 01:48Z

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) · AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE 23/23 110100Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-11 01:36Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 14.151, -61.367. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. NAVAREA IV 1312/23 · this notice2023-11-11 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 1313/232023-11-11 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 1369/232023-11-27 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →

issued
2023-11-11 01:36Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-11-11 01:29Z
authority
AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE 23/23 110100Z NOV 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.151, -61.367
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
SAINT LUCIA.
1. DERELICT VESSEL G FAMILY ADRIFT
   IN 14-09.05N 061-21.99W AT 102235Z NOV.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110129Z NOV 23.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

113 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 19:01Z; 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.