Derelict vessel, white hull, partially submerged, adrift in vicinity 18-15.07N 076-25.11W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 240/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-03-22 14:15Z
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) · JAMAICA COAST GUARD 182326Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-03-19 14:15Z. 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 18.251, -76.418. 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 vessel, white hull, partially submerged in 18-15N 076-25Wcancelled by this 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 238/212021-03-18 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 240/21 · this notice2021-03-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2021-03-19 14:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-03-22 14:15Z
- authority
- JAMAICA COAST GUARD 182326Z MAR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- JAMAICA COAST GUARD
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.251, -76.418
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. JAMAICA. 1. DERELICT VESSEL, WHITE HULL, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 18-15.07N 076-25.11W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, REPORTS TO JAMAICA COAST GUARD, PHONE: 876 967 8031, 876 967 8278, E-MAIL: JDFCGRADIOROOM@YAHOO.COM, ODOJDFCG@GMAIL.COM. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 238/21. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 221415Z MAR 21.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
8 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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, white hull, partially submerged in 18-15N 076-25W2021-03-18
- Derelict vessel alliouagiana princess adrift in vicinity 16-27.9N 077-12.5W2021-02-06
- Derelict 34 foot vessel adrift in 19-44.6N 074-06.2W2018-11-24
- Vessel sea master possibly disabled and adrift in 19-37.3N 074-35.9W2016-11-04
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 16-44.6N 074-34.2W2015-02-11
- Derelict 24 foot vessel, white hull, adrift in 19-27N 074-20W2006-03-28
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
- Portland ridge light 17-44.50N 077-09.50W unlitNav aids · 52.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:11Z; 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.