Derelict 51 foot S/V, blue hull adrift in 16-31.00N 041-38.90W at 132045Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1349/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-12-17 17:29Z
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 FORT DE FRANCE 0/22 141658Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-14 17:32Z. 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 16.517, -41.648. 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
- 2022-12-14 17:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-12-17 17:29Z
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/22 141658Z DEC 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 16.517, -41.648
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT 51 FOOT S/V, BLUE HULL ADRIFT IN 16-31.00N 041-38.90W AT 132045Z DEC. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE TELEX: 4291 2008, PHONE: 5965 9670 9292, FAX: 5965 9663 2450. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171729Z DEC 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
8 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.
- Derelict five meter F/V, blue hull, adrift in 14-25.16N 041-22.38W2023-12-23
- Derelict S/V the charlotte jane adrift in vicinity 16-03.88N 042-59.53W2021-12-12
- Derelict S/V the charlotte jane adrift in 16-31.74N 041-16.13W at 091200Z dec2021-12-09
- Derelict S/V charlotte jane adrift in 16-58.32N 039-54.10W at 070001Z dec2021-12-07
- Derelict M/V tiama of nantes adrift in vicinity 17-40N 039-40W2019-02-15
- Derelict vessel toby wallace, white and blue hull, adrift in 17-40N 042-44W at 251915Z feb2016-02-25
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 2026-09-26 09:16Z; 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.