Derelict 35 foot S/V, maroon hull, adrift vicinity 34-56N 040-26W at 030900Z jul
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 258/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-07-10 00:00Z
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) · USS NASSAU 030900Z JUL 08.. Issued 2008-07-03 12:35Z. 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 34.933, -40.433. 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
- 2008-07-03 12:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- USS NASSAU 030900Z JUL 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- USS NASSAU
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.933, -40.433
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 35 FOOT S/V, MAROON HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 34-56N 040-26W AT 030900Z JUL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 JUL.
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
15 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 barge adrift in vicinity 36-18.72N 042-00.45W at 161700Z mar2023-03-16
- Derelict 18 meter S/V malosa, white hull, adrift in 36-07.90N 040-59.40W2023-01-07
- 40 foot vessel kemo sabe disabled and adrift in 36-14.00N 043-36.00W at 181047Z jun2022-06-18
- Derelict S/V adrift in 35-15.04N 040-05.34W2017-06-29
- Derelict vessel kalibri adrift in 34-11.3N 037-05.1W at 271615Z jun2016-06-27
- Derelict 30 foot S/V hui buh adrift in 34-38.08N 038-07.61W at 231800Z jun2014-06-23
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 09:34Z; 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.