Derelicts

Derelict 30 foot S/V white hull with blue trim, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 14-35.11N 061-08.59W at…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 166/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-16 18:13Z

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 LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1020/23 131800Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-13 18:24Z. 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 14.585, -61.143. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued: 2023-02-13 18:24Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-02-16 18:13Z
authority: AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1020/23 131800Z FEB 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 14.585, -61.143
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
MARTINIQUE.
1. DERELICT 30 FOOT S/V WHITE HULL WITH BLUE TRIM,
   DISMASTED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   14-35.11N 061-08.59W AT 130533Z FEB.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 161813Z FEB 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

115 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

Martinique2024-07-10
Derelict four meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 14-33.90N 061-06.90W at 261908Z nov2023-11-27
Derelict vessel g family adrift in 14-09.05N 061-21.99W at 102235Z nov2023-11-11
Derelict vessel g family adrift in 14-09.05N 061-21.99W at 102235Z nov2023-11-11
Derelict S/V adrift in 13-42.00N 063-36.00W at 081201Z aug2023-08-08
Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 14-33.30N 061-19.30W2023-07-30

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

Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 4.9 nm
Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 88.1 nm
Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 98.9 nm
La desirade light 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlitNav aids · 105.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 14:44Z; 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.