Derelict M/V red duchess aground in 12-32.23N 081-41.57W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 224/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-17 09:14Z
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) · COLOMBIA 32/20 100054Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-10 00:59Z. 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 12.537, -81.693. 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
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 224/20 and this msg, vessel in towlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2020-03-10 00:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COLOMBIA 32/20 100054Z MAR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 12.537, -81.693
- vessel
- M/V RED DUCHESS
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. DERELICT M/V RED DUCHESS AGROUND IN 12-32.23N 081-41.57W.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
16 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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 M/V vagabond submerged and adrift in 13-34.78N 081-22.67W2026-08-23
- Derelict S/V vanett adrift in vicinity 12-43.80N 079-50.90W2022-07-06
- Western caribbean sea sailing vessel adrift in 12-14.35N 078-42.98W at 031600Z jul2022-07-03
- Debris from wrecked vessel adrift in vicinity 12-14.62N 081-50.63W2022-01-06
- Derelict F/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 10-22.6N 081-03.0W at 050001Z apr2020-04-07
- Derelict F/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 10-22.6N 081-03.0W at 050001Z apr2020-04-06
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
- Hoyo soplador light, fl w 15 sec 20 meters 12 miles, established in 12-28.85N 081-43.83WNav aids · 4 nm
- Cayo roncador light 13-34.41N 080-05.51W unlitNav aids · 112.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:27Z; 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.