Derelict 16 meter M/V, white hull, adrift vicinity 19-31N 082-54W at 022000Z may
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 139/05
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2005-05-03 22:11Z
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 MIAMI 02 MAY 05.. Issued 2005-05-02 20:09Z. 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 19.517, -82.900. 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
- Derelict 16 meter M/V, white hull adrift vicinity 19-31N 083-10W at 031940Z maylater cancellation notice
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.
- NAVAREA IV 139/05 · this notice2005-05-02 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 142/052005-05-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2005-05-02 20:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 02 MAY 05.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 19.517, -82.900
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 16 METER M/V, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 19-31N 082-54W AT 022000Z MAY. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 MAY.
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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
11 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 vessel adrift in vicinity 21-35.50N 084-59.40W at 241200Z apr2023-04-24
- Western caribbean sea 1. derelict barge mgm 3001, grey hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in…2021-11-02
- Derelict barge, red hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in 20-18.7N 083-35.5W at 292100Z oct2021-10-30
- Vessel disabled and adrift in 20-52.5N 085-18.9W2016-02-20
- M/V montevideo express disabled and adrift vicinity 20-30N 084-20W on 26 jan2015-01-28
- 25 foot S/V disabled and adrift in 18-40.0N 081-12.8W2014-04-17
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
- Carapachibey light 021-26.90N 082-55.40W unlitNav aids · 116 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 01:11Z; 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.