Derelict 35 foot S/V angel partially submerged and adrift in 35-27.8N 070-05.2W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 247/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-04-05 21:00Z
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 NORFOLK 022023Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-02 20:53Z. 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 35.463, -70.087. 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
- 2015-04-02 20:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-04-05 21:00Z
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 022023Z APR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 35.463, -70.087
- vessel
- S/V ANGEL · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT 35 FOOT S/V ANGEL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 35-27.8N 070-05.2W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 052100Z APR 15.
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.
- 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
24 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.
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- Derelict 35 foot S/V faule haut adrift in 34-27.00N 067-48.00W2022-06-28
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 35-01.08N 072-42.04W at 151930Z sep2021-09-15
- Partially submerged vessel adrift in 35-01.08N 072-42.04W at 151930Z sep2021-09-15
- M/V asphalt sailor disabled and adrift in 37-55.5N 068-50.1W at 132110Z jul2017-07-13
- Derelict 20 foot barge adrift in vicinity 33-15.1N 070-10.7W at 251418Z mar2017-03-26
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:10Z; 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.